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also caught the 1st for this
Camp, Shot a chipmunk in an
other on a pine oak but it shaped.
The old hunter & also them was
returned without any game & the
two tale of 2 lost dogs. The folk
are still out. The white pine
(P. Armandi) is abundant
here. Have seen places near the
village, north of Li Chiang where
the cones have been broken open
for extracting the edible seed.
These are as large as our Paddles
or Pinecones. The tree is dressed
for tarmac which is obtained
by placing one under the trunk,
thus stimulating the flow of resin
& later stopping the work at this
spot & pot are cut out & used
as torches being then loaded with
resin. The common black pine is
so similarly treated down.
(14) It rained a little during
the night in the morning it remained
cloudy on the way over to