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been raided by two hundred brigands on the

following day.

On March 25 he followed down the Yu-ch'ê-

hsün valley for 8 miles and then had a steep

climb to the Ya-k'ou-t'ang Pass, 7100 feet, after

which he followed down a narrow valley winding

among hills to the Niu-Lan Chiang valley and

crossed a stream by a chain suspension bridge

to Chiang-ti-Kai, 5700 feet, a dirty village of

seventy-five families, and here it was quite hot.

Next day he had a very steep climb of 1600 feet

to the top of the Hai-tzu Ya-k'ou, 7100 feet,

from which the path lay along the hill-sides for

some miles and then gradually descended through

fir-clad red sandstone hills to T'ao-yüan, 6800 feet,

a town of 230 families, on more level ground with

paddy fields. On March 27 the way lay mostly

across great fertile plains with occasional low hills.

Chao-t'ung Hsien, 6400 feet, has from 20,000

to 25,000 inhabitants. It is a small, dirty city

but very crowded. The distance from Yunnan Fu

was 2264 miles, of which Pereira had walked 51f.

The weather on his arrival was fine and hot.

There lived here Père Forten, a Roman Catholic

missionary, and Mr. Hudderspith and Mrs. Hicks

of the United Methodist Mission. From here

Pereira made excursions out in different direc-

tions to see something of the Miao and Lolo

tribes.

His first trip was on March 31 to Shih-men-

k'an, 18 miles due east, and just outside the

Province of Kwei-chow. Here he stayed with

Mr. and Mrs. Parsons of the United Methodist

Mission on Easter Sunday, April 1, and had the

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