wind with the storm. The morning has been bright cloudless & the reflection from the sun was very trying to the eyes. Our route led up a steep mountain to a pass 1200 feet high where we arrived at noon. In some places the road cuts down many 5 feet deep & these were worked on by many ladlings so that we had traveled into sort of tunnel. The tree growth at the pass was chiefly fir & Rhododendrons. Below the pass the round valley filled with villages spread out. This place is from a Kwan-lo-tu on Burn's map it is Chiang-mai. We encamp in the valley near the village. 29) The fields of rice stubble were alive! with water-birds on the margin. There were flocks of blue-grey cranes, glossy black-white storks, buffy geese mallards & oyster ducks. I brought