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Pereira called on General Lung Yün at Chao-

t'ung. He is warden over the Lolo borderland

and is himself a Lolo (Nosu) though thoroughly

Chinesified. He was very friendly, but he is not

an energetic man. When his mother died the

Governor sent an officer to represent him at the

funeral, and this officer wore the Governor's

uniform on the occasion.

Pereira's next excursion was north-west to the

Nosu (Lolo) country Ta-ching-pa, 484 miles, on

the Yangtze. Leaving Chao-t'ung on April 6 he

marched over the fertile plain and then down a

valley to Sha-yü Ho, a village of three hundred

families, at 104 miles. Next day the road lay

among hills and there was a steep climb to the

Leng-ka-li Shan, 7805 feet, from which there was a

fine view over hills to the west and south-west,

some of which rose to over 10,000 feet. There was

now more fir forest on the hills and only a little

cultivation and a few hovels. At 171 miles he

reached Hsin-tien-tzu, 7616 feet, with 125 families.

On April 8 he followed down the Nan-shui Ho

for 3 miles and then had a steep climb to Ching-

feng-k'ou, 9770 feet, at 7 miles. From there he

had the first view of the Nosu (Lolo) country.

It was a wild mountainous region with few trees.

There were great ranges running in a southerly

direction, some of which were from 12,000 to

15,000 feet high and partly under snow. From

the top there was a long descent, in parts very

steep. The path was very narrow and lay partly

through a gorge between gigantic rocky precipices

and partly along the hill-side. He was now in one

of the deepest gorges in the whole course of the

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