"some ponds at their base. These are a double pair, with reedy margins + of small size. Some white heron + black storks were seen here for months. orgese are here at this season. After tiffin we passed over a narrow pass from which we could look back to the deep crater lake just east of our road. It is called Chini Hai (green lake). We could also see the high range which marks the Balween- Shiveli divide. It extends as a small strip with few ponds, + two of the peaks showed just a yellow. The sides of the valley we passed through were clothed in white pine, alder + dark leafed green poplar. At 4 P.M. we reached the lava beds which cover a wide area here. The lava is covered with soil in some places + supports short grass + pitch pine. The Chinese have made hedges of it + divided the land into small fields but I saw none