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flat faces & stub-noses.

[[circled]] 3 [[/circled]]  It was not cold at night, not so chilly as at Meng po-lo which is 4,000 feet less in altitude.  The camp was guarded by a party of Shan boys & men from the nearest village which is the custom of the country.  Our catch consisted of 2 gray mice, another Zapus like rat, a Pachyura, a Microtils & 9 larger [[underlined]] Epimys [[/underlined]] of sorts.  On the way near camp I saw a striped squirrel or large chipmunk run across the road but failed to shoot it.  Morning partly cloudy but no mist.  From our tiffin place the road descended all afternoon into a rather deep valley in which were several villages.  The largest or market village was Hsiao-meng-tung. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] We passed thru & beyond it & made camp in the hills at the edge of the valley.  Here we saw some women with unbound