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falls back upon the ground. In some
villages on the way to Kent-hwa we saw
threshing machines which were exceedingly
highly effective. This whole country is
a great agricultural region, wheat, oats,
buckwheat, huling of potatoes being the
chief crops. Cabbage vines & a few
turnips are also grown.
Back by our tents the cliffs rose
in sheer walls for hundreds of feet and
lunchers were always calling from
some ledge or bowlder. What some
excellent sport after we had made
camp and also got a rabbit, a
half mile up the valley there were many
pheasants so we were settled in
the center of a sportsman's paradise.
I had a hard hunt after traplin
but did not find an till late on the
afternoon and did not get a shot.
But we did see many roebucks all the
time hunters did not want us to look
any for fear of disturbing the big deer.
And this day I think I alone saw
as roebucks. Probably no one else
saw sport in all things can be as we do,
many deer of any kind as here.
The reason is the unique unusual
circumstances under which they live.
The deer are all concentrated in the