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"did
the forest is about finished, the
open grassy hillsides predominating.
Raining all morning. Very
few birds seen along route.
At Ju - Ito - Ti Station
the forest had entirely
disappeared, where cultivated
fields were seen almost low
on the vertical hillsides.
Tale chureche have evidently
cut off all the forest, the chance
of which is artificial. Remnants
of forest are still to be seen in the stream
gulches + on a few rocky hilltops.
We reached the broken tunnel
at 11:30 at station of Wang tong.
At this point a slender waterfall
350 feet high dropped over a cliff within
a few feet of the R.R. just
at the entrance to the tunnel.
Below the waterfall was another
a stone bridge washed away
by the waterfall stream, the
rails + board ties crossing
the break somewhat supported by thin
air. We took several leaps for
the rails + men carrying books.