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in action.  The apparatus is a simple one consisting of a small circular mirror 5 inches in diameter & a button to flash it like a telegraphic sender.  The flash [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] represents the dot & dash & the morse code is used.  The stations are 10 miles appart & 6 of them are needed to reach Lashio.  The one nearest Ma-li-pa is on a mountain top & the flash of the mirror can be seen plainly when they are sending.  A few yards however out of the direct line of stations & the flash is not visible so that an enemy could not read it.  In hazy or cloudy weather no message can be sent.  On clear nights a large reflecting light with a shutle is used for signaling.

[[circled]] 12 [[/circled]] Pea fowl are said to occur here at one spot 3 miles west but Clive has never seen the birds.  I went out at