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Citation Information
CHAPTER XVII
RETURN TO CHINA
MOST men, if they had made a journey of between
6000 and 7000 miles, would return to their native
country and take a rest. And most assuredly
they would do this if at the end of their journey
they were both weary and ill. Not so Pereira.
He was dreadfully travel-weary during all the
last part of his journey from Peking to India.
And when he reached Calcutta he had to go to
a nursing home to be treated for thrombosis, or
clots of blood in his left leg. Yet, as soon as he
was able to move again, he set off for Burma and
across the Chinese frontier again to Yunnan. He
left Calcutta on January 9, 1923, reached Rangoon
on the 12th, Mandalay on the 18th, and Bhamo
on the 21st.
From Bhamo he began marching again, leaving
there on January 24 for Teng-yüeh, where he
arrived on the 31st. Setting out again on Feb-
ruary 5, he reached Yunnan-fu on March 2, mak-
ing the distance 4104 miles from Teng-yüeh and
5494 miles from Bhamo. This is a well-known
route, and there is no need to describe it in detail.
The only noticeable feature in the journey was
the amount of brigandage which was being carried
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