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No rock in place has been seen since leaving the lava beds yesterday. The sides of the valley are made of yellow gravel or sand deposits often 300 or 400 feet thick[[strikethrough]]. The [[/strikethrough]] where it is exposed in cuts or side canyons entering the Taiping Valley. The bounding ridges of the valley are about 1000 or 1500 feet above the Taiping River. The Shans are in possession of most of the rice fields altho the village [[sic]] have a 50% Chinese population. These Shans in the ♀ side wear high black turban like bear skin caps & short skirts to the knee of black or deep blue & look like those we saw on the Salween in dress.