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No moderations in summer, the
rice fields are cultivated by the
villagers of charming-lung,
which lies 200 feet above the
river in a pine forest. They
are no native tribes here but
people speaking Chinese
only alter in features they
show some Chinese characters.
The Salmon in depth & shape
is identical to that of the Midway
in the same latitude both being
deep V shaped and affords valley's
with good land floor of much extent,
23. The night was raining hot-
to the morning dawned rainy.
Out at 9 am. It went down the river
to the far foul hounds & saw
how the next weather being
favorable to them. The fish
was ones on the open sand
beach where struck the g. This
bird was an old 5 x odd one
see it until it flew up
much game with long beats
& rows. Fired shot at 78
down the shot had no effect.
This bird I found by its death
was without a single gun shot.