Today I no mice more depreyed, the mail 28 direct from Annie's arrived today to my number, We broke camp at 8 A.M., & ascended the mountain road to Itzin Changu-tien. The road was much obstructed by fallen trees for the first 4 miles. It came thickets, spruce rockwood. After we ascended above this zone we reached the alpine where only fir trees with Rhododendrons made a clean forest without underbrush. This sort of growth lasted to the top of the pass where we camped at 2 P.M. Here there were open meadows of grass & flat areas of Rhododendron brush with firs in the ravines only. Birch trees were seen with the firs. Here too the Rhododendrons are densely draped with black beard moss instead of gray which prevails lower down. The altitude is 13,000 or 14,000 feet & the ground is frozen hard & in shady places there are snow banks & ice. No game or birds were seen on the way up. Petal pills of Microsteris summing are abundant near camp. 29 The night was cold with heavy frost which froze the tents stiff. The traps caught some 20 Micrasteris of our men farm with white bellies. Three