Chinese likin-barriers begin to harass the caravans at Schehleh.
Beautiful views of the surrounding hills, all covered with "lofty forest trees, tangled with magnificent creepers, and festooned with orchids," are obtained from the camp.

All the country round is extremely fertile, yielding with but little labour three crops a year.

Cultivation of the soil there is none.

Fire clears the jungle, and the ashes manure the soil; the ground is then superficially scratched, and rice is sown.
Nothing more is done.

Every seed germinates; the paddy ripens, and, where one basketful is sown, five hundred basketfuls are gathered.