They were curious to a certain extent but never unagreeably so, a more an pleasant contrast to the Chinese in this respect. The men and women too for that matter, do smell like the dense hut once there is plenty of ventilation via a tent they are not so bad. A few hours after over tents were up the old man got who occupied the nearest point rode over to pay his respects and brought a bowl of cheese milk curd as a present. I returned a couple of packages of cigarettes which he accepted with evident pleasure, when they would express satisfaction and when a person is leaving these mysterious visitors whatever you would put up the thumb. The same thing was a custom in Germany, it is interesting to note that in Greece the thumbs up was a feature of all tribal contests. I put out a number of mammut traps in the holes near our tents. One little fauna mammal went with me and it was a pleasure to see his enthusiasm and interest in its proceedings. I have never seen a bolder or more enthusiastic worker of the way he built cairns to mark the traps, stepped up the leries and hurt dust in his shoe to cover the traps was a delight. It had cleared off during the PM, and we had a glorious sunset. The sun did not disappear until 7.30 and