started from San Chuan just as the rain was stopping. We camped in a temple which was kept locked + was quite neat. The valley where San Chuan is situated is a broad level rice planted area with small villages scattered on its edges. The valleys we have passed seen from the passes are often very deep, some have terraced cliffs exactly like the broad bottoms of the Colorado + are about 2 or 3 or 4 or 500 feet deep in places. On the road were very few flowers or birds yesterday. Blevis ferns were common in two places. Near the temple I saw Tringletta bushes with fruits like the Peruvian apricot. The Chinese do not take their religion seriously. Their temples, are given freely to foreigners for camping places. Only a priest or two in the used ones perform worship, the people generally don't pray there. Many of the temples are falling into disuse. The