But evil spirits, most of them straight in Chinese turn as many carved as a protection against devils which travel only in a straight line. I have seen these flat walls on front of home temples. The better homes here are under round bricks contrast by white plaster on which is marked a brick pattern in grey with figures of animals or Greek designs near the gable. 2 We made camp at a dry slope for service just above a village. Night windy & cold. 3 Our road followed down the ravine then the village & then along a large canal which carried the waters of a stream down a canyon & on to a large plain ahead of Tulipar lake. At the mouth of the canon a hot spring was seen in the rice fields with steam rising from it. Several women were washing clothes here & some men were bathing farther down in the warm water. The road followed the banks of the canal when above high above the rice fields & could be traced from the plain, big water fowl were seen seen in the fields Mr. Strophet, certifying on sight.