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for tiffin.  This is a small village tucked away on a hillside amid the [[striketehrough]]lin[[/strikethrough]] mountains.  The country along the route is very mountainous & bare of forest being burnt over for grazing each year.  No birds or mammals seem to dwell here apparently being exterminated by the annual grass fires.  Early in the afternoon we reached Hsiang-ta village (Elephant Ford) a typical filthy Chinese village situated on the edge of a small irregular valley of rice terraces.  At this place near our camp was a hot springs, the hot water bubbling up amid the cold water of the valley stream in granite boulders.  The village women use this place for washing clothing & bathing.  The water is as hot as the hands can stand but is not sulphurous but deposits a sort of lime on the granite rocks.  The Chinese here were extremely curious & troublesome.  They gathered about our camp