"I see them" Apparently the Chinese have exterminated rodents in all the rice country. One of the natives said rabbits were common near the village does + flying squirrels in the hills. We departed at 7 AM weather cloudy. On way passed over a spine Chalbell ridge. Chestnuts + oaks were seen on the way, filmmers abundant, snap- dragons, Maloons, Clematis, Purple Passmordens, Potentilla do wild Sweet pea etc. Stopped at noon an hour at a small village for lunch. The road north of the way follows a large bright red river, a tributary of the Yangtze. The valley follows the river inside + planted to rice. We reached Ch'iu Tsiang which is a large walled city on the river at 4:30. We took short cut road to the town via crossing a single plank bridge my horse fell off onto the middle pulling thing there on his belly &