"The hill country is covered by allright red soil. Redfields clared for rice were seen in many places. This crop is raised without irrigation on hilltops & plains, from where we had a trip far could see for down the Taiping Valley where the Bhamo road runs. We returned in them at breakneck speed over a good dirt road & reached Griers house at sun- down. 23 Visited the waterfall at Teng-yueh. It is on the lower westside of town it's formerly the creek which runs down the valley dropping over a loose cliff about 50 feet high. The falls spreads out very pretty in spray. Immediately above it is a stone bridge. 24 At 9 am we left Griers house for the goal camp & took a road leading north across the valley & then a deep valley near the Minor large conical mtns, at noon we were near