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The Moso + speak a similar language.
The women blue tunics + short pants
+ blue frtan like handless.
13 This morning we took the road
from the town of Wei-shi + over the range
west of the place. We had already
climbed 4 hrs. To reach the summit
which was forested but sun covered.
Hazel bushes were predominant at
the base + further up were many
large elders on the fern covered hillsides.
Few poplars or cottonwoods were seen,
at the summit were mixed birch
spruce + fir trees. The altitude was
doubles 12,000 feet. No game seen
coming up. As a guide we had one of
the local soldiers who carried a bolt action
45 cal, long barrel trench rifle. We reached at 6 PM
at darks a small village occupying in very
narrow deep valley. Here was the hunting
place + we made camp here in what
field the only spot in the narrow valley.
The villagers longer work + seemed not be
amazed by our destruction in the wheat.
On the way I saw a tree with wolfi,
like that of the peach but on lastig
me fruit is to count many seeds.