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direction. The Salween trough could be seen far down toward Burma were some small rapids were in sight. Everywhere was cultivation in patches & second growth scrub but no original forest anywhere. At dark we reached Pinka, a series of Chinese villages clustered on the edge of a small rice plain or valley about 1 mile wide & 4 miles long. No native tribes were seen anywhere on the route, the Chinese occupying the land exclusively.
[[boxed left]] 25 [[/boxed left]] The night was pleasantly cold quite arctic compared to the low Salween Valley. Our route continued up the long narrow Pinka valley which has a length of 6 or 7 miles
We then turned to the west & climbed out thru low hill covered by scrub oak & chestnut. In places Rododendron  [[sic]] trees with white blossom [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] made a great floral display. These flowers are in general like the [[strikethrough Ap [[/strikethrough]] pea blossom tree of the Salween & Man Ting which is doubtless a Rhododendron also. On the