where the stream run from whitish granite, + granite boulders from show the landscape. The east side of the lake is rounded smooth tree hills, often barren + shewing red soil. Several square sailed sampans were seen sailing on the lake. The mud was not quite lost of the reflection off the granite roads was quite interest. We reached Mr. Evans home in Taku at 6 P.M. & he kindly put us up at dinner where he met a local respectable who is