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At noon we crossed another range & had tiffin on the summit at 8000 feet.  A cold wind was blowing & the weather was cloudy.  Here a heavy forest of myrtle, rhododendron & live oaks covered the mountain densely. No pheasants, squirrels or tupias seen during the day or on the previous 6 days.

(20)  No mammals caught on the rice fields. A few sugar cane fields were seen here for the first time.  At 11 A.M we reached the Mekong River & crossed it on a suspension bridge at a very narrow place some 70 yds wide perhaps.  The bridge was swung from two large iron chains fastened into massonary & at one side [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] wrapped around a rocky projection in the cliff.  The river here flows deep & tranquil between towering cliffs which rise 2000 feet above.   At one side of the bridge was a group of temple buildings. During the day I saw several rollers & shot one.