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CHAPTER XVIII

THE LAST TREK

PEREIRA had now crossed China and Tibet to

India. Starting again from India he had re-

crossed China from west to east. He had ascended

the Irrawady, had traversed Yunnan to the

highest navigable point of the Yangtze, and had

journeyed down that river to its mouth. At

Shanghai he might have boarded any P. & O.

steamer and been taken straight back to London

without any further effort. But the thirst for

travel was insatiable for Pereira. Not even yet

was it assuaged. There was still something left

to be done on the Tibetan border, and return

there he must.

So, in addition to his journey from east to

west and from west to east across the Chinese

Empire, he now meant to make a journey from

south to north. Instead of proceeding to England,

he sailed for French Indo-China, from whence he

would go by rail to Yunnan Fu, and from there

make his way to Batang and Kanze on the

Tibetan border and thence to Lanchow Fu.

He spent a fortnight at Hong-Kong, and on

June 9 landed at Hoihow and left it on June 25

for Pakhoi and Haiphong, arriving at this latter

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