Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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them along price limit about 7/3 start with the ashell We camped at 7.30 PM in a little grove of trees beside a temple-shrine just out side the eastern entrance to the city. In the entire valley from J.S. & the place where we camped till hi there is not a field which is level enough to hold a tent that has not been cultivated from millet or gardening. A great number of these people are affected with gout & sore eyes - the limestone formations no doubt has something to do with this former. Aug 16 Sat. Sailed for fish & got half a dozen Peris - people began bringing in young lizards etc. We have a dense mass of people always near our tent and have had to stretch a rope to keep them back - On the slightest excuse they get under Aug 7 Sun. aug 8 20pm Fish snakes lizards & toads come in in great numbers - Rain like the devil all day - not much stuff came in - rotten place for manimals - the two Apoderms (snakes a rat) are almost only thing we caught. Tues. Aug 9. aug 10 Wed. Rain Want to ease in rats - rats & rock wotuns saw their ears atgeatu stachites etc. made water people living in two of them.