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is malarious in summer. The rice fields are cultivated by the villagers of Chaing-lung which lies 2000 feet above the river in a pine forest. There are no native tribes here the people speaking Chinese only altho in features they show no Chinese characteristics. The Salween in depth & shape is identical to that of the Mekong in the same latitude both being deep V shaped [[strikethrough]] affairs [[/strikethrough]] valleys with no level floor of [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] much extent. [[circled]] 23 [[/strikethrough]] The night was rainy & hot & the morning dawned rainy. At 8 A.M. I went down the River to the pea fowl haunts & saw two, the wet weather being favorable to them. The first was met on the open sand beach where I shot the [[symbol: female]]. This bird was an old [[symbol: male]] & I did not see it until it flew up back of me with loud beating of wings. I fired at it at 70 yds but the shot had no effect. This bird I [[strikethrough]] found [[/strikethrough]] discovered by its tracks was within 30 yds of me at