1. There appears to be much greater than their height line 2 spread of at least Kai was just 45 yards or 135 feet in spread with a height of about 70 feet or less but many larger trees were seen 4) The route today lay level thru the valley amid ricefields & villages as yesterday. At 2:30 we reached Mantouen! a village of adogen houses with acetone house situated in a narrow part of the valley. The tropical forest here begins to make its appearance as a covering on the ridges & hilltops where the Chinese have not cleared it but there are old palaces & the road in ravines, etc. The day was cloudy with some misty rain stopped 5) During the night we had a heavy thunderstorm & much