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front of some of the houses fresh green pine needles which is a New Years custom. Our catch this morning was a large ♂ pachyura bearing musk glands on the sides ^[[possessed]] of a very pleasant fragrance. A large [[underline]] Epimys norvegicus [[/underline]] was caught at the pond.
[[circled]] 26 [[circled]] This morning we journeyed down the valley to the cave on the Teng-Yueh road. It is situated 20 li down on the edge of the valley at the small village of A-shih-wo The cave is within 10 yards of the road on the face of a hill about 50 feet above the valley. The entrance is high but only about 8 yds wide. It has some Chinese letters [[strikethrough]] chilsed [[/strikethrough]] chisseled in the rock but no buildings are at the entrance. The cave runs in horizontally & the ceiling is very high. Inside it turns sharply & in places the roof comes down within 10 feet of the floor.