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far above the bridge as far as we could see. The weather has been continuously hazy so that not more than 2 miles distance is clearly visible. This haze remains permanent or at least nearly as dense at sunrise. We climbed out of the valley again to the small village of Ho-mu-shan, 6000 feet situated on a spur with a few vertical farms surrounding it. Near our camping place at the village I saw considerable rabbit dung but the villagers assured us the rabbits occurred here only during the rains. At dusk I shot several [[underline]] Myotis bats [[/underline]] at camp.
[[boxed left]] April 1st [[/boxed left]] proved to be a fools day for us. In 2 hours travel up the Teng-yeuh road we reached a small village where the inhabitants said monkeys were to be found, but A did not like the place & moved on over the pass & at noon we found ourselves out of the