lead. Several marks of half-frozen were seen, but they are uncommon. After killing Ashota & Mellard from a flock of 4 and I shot another crane from a flock of 15 which were standing near grassy bank of the river. The one I got was wing broken but the other did not return to its aid. It first went into the rain a few feet then turned back to the land climbed up a steep embankment over field where I chased it at a quick rate. It could run with great speed but was impeded by the trailing flapping wing. Haltered with hill & feet when I got near. Tail feathers gathered short & came loosely during the fight. I reached Chi-tien where we lived to wait for news of Yangtze. Here along stream flows down a low valley meets the river at a very wide part of the valley, a large circular flat about 5 miles in diameter the modern place we have yet encountered. The two villages here are small the land set to rice. Oranges was seen but no