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limbs. There [[sic]] spread is often much greater than their height. One I paced off at Hsiao Hui Kai was just 45 yards or 135 feet in spread with a height of about 70 feet or less but many larger trees were seen
[[circled]] 4 [[/circled]] The route today lay level thru the valley amid rice fields & villages as yesterday. At 2:30 we reached Man Hsien a village of a dozen houses with a custom house situated in a narrow part of the valley. The tropical forest here begins to make its appearance as a covering on the ridges & hilltops where the Chinese have not removed it but there are odd patches on the road in ravines, etc. The day was cloudy with some misty rain [[strikethrough]] stopped [[/strikethrough]].
[[circled]] 5 [[circled]] During the night we had a heavy thundershower & much

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NOTE TO CURATORS -- page out of order or missing? The previous page ended with "The wooden supports of the bungalow were much eaten by termites & falling into decay." so it makes no sense that this page begins with "limbs."