in Sezchwan. The village hunter brought me a fine Sparrow Pheasant (Lophophorus amherstiae) it is a beautiful pheasant, very gray with a Tail 3 feet long & is the finest species I have ever seen. 5 The mornings very cold clear with ice on all standing water. The traps contained another puppy Sorex which had its snout broken by the traps like the other 3. We broke camp at the temple at 9:30 AM, with 8 loaded beats, capable of carrying only half an outfit. Pem Kok was there to see us off. The village boys brought back a few small mouse traps which they had stolen but no large rat trap which they stole. They are all clever thieves & never commit any crime. This next day lay than the upper part of the Sichuan Valley which is thickly carpeted by scrub-oaks & streams by grey limestone rocks worn into all sorts of shapes. The pass was low & pierced, st. ground covered by rough limestone. On 3 hours we reached Sanheison, a broad grass covered meadow dry surrounded by pine forest. Beyond it rose the