This letter mentions the mines and living conditions at Kweiyang [Guiyang] with visits to a traditional plant-drug factory, the old site of Tuyünkuan, the national park of Chhien-nan Shan, a restored Buddhist Temple and a meeting with physicians at the Chinese Traditional Medicine Hospital. Then news of Canton with visits to the Provincial Museum and a lecture on gunpowder, the flight to Hainan Island and a 1000 kilometre trip to: Tanhsien with a visit to the Tropical Products Research Institute; Thung-chha with a visit to a Li commune and purchases of books; swimming at a beach called Yü Lin Kang with Hsüeh-Cheng; Hsing-Lung State Farm run by Hsü Li-Hua and Chang Fên with notes about the agriculture and commerce of the 86 communal villages.