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we heard so often in the Salween valley & thought it a frog call. It is repeated over & over again & is very frog like & deceptive. Our camp is pitched at the village of Hui-yao (Lime kill) in a grove of tree amid the houses. The country here produces much lime & kills are in operation in many places. The rock used is a white marble mottled with gray. A fierce fire of branches is kept burning day & night for about 48 hours in order to burn the lime which is piled at the top in a sort of porous chimney.
Greirson returned to Teng-yueh ^[[starting]] at 3 P.M. [[strikethrough]] where [[/strikethrough]] & will arrive at dusk on his spirited pony. He has two very good live ponies which cost him $80.00 each here in Chinese money. At home they would be worth $300. gold each.

Transcription Notes:
By "kill" he means "kiln" - a lime kiln is used to heat limestone, thereby converting it to quicklime for agriculture and construction.