river of Canton here flowed through rocky beds with muddy beaches or flats only yet there are no rapids in the river. The soil everywhere is bright red but the rocks are black trine - stone + conglomerates. The chinese house are made of sundried adobe bricks, like those used in Mexico. On the river dugout canoes were seen, made like an jagule by dugouts + nicely shaped no sampans or sail boats on the river. Crops chiefly maize, rice, sugar cane, millet, pea - nuts, cotton, sweet potatoes. No corn seen at this elevation, 4500 feet. Reached Porto - It station at 9:30 here the R.R. leaves the main Si Hwang Parie. The valley is wide & cultivated Beyond high grassy ranges rise to 8,000 feet.