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the rice fields. The river here flows slowly [[strikethrough]] thru [[/strikethrough]] passed low banks & the valley looks much like that of the Nam ting but is narrower. At noon we descended the large hill, the highest on the road which drop down 1000 feet in 20 minutes walk over a winding road. The valley at this point narrows & the bed is sandy & uncultivated.
At this tiffin place which is 3000 feet altitude the small red fig makes its appearance ^[[the fruits]] growing in clusters at the base close to the stem. Another tropical plant seen here was the great creeper bearing immense bean pods a foot long The pines & rhododendrons seems to cease [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] above this point. 

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NOTE TO CURATORS -- is a page missing before this one? The previous transcription ended with "At 6:30 we continued our way down the Taiping valley keeping to the east side thru a" but this page starts with "the rice fields". They don't really match ("a the"?).