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222 PEKING TO LHASA

the scenery was not so grand as in other parts of

the Yangtze valley. At I14 miles the Yangtze,

here called the Chin-sha-Chiang, was again struck

at an elevation of 5823 feet. Shih ku, 100 feet

above the river, has two hundred families. The

weather was now quite chilly at night, and even

in the day only hot for a short time.

Following up the right bank of the Yangtze

the next day, Pereira reached Hsia-ke-tzu, 19

miles. It has seventy-five families and is at an

elevation of 6041 feet. The villages about here

were a good deal scattered, and sometimes broken

up into two or three clusters.

On August 14 Pereira continued up the right

bank of the Yangtze. He had intended to go

by the eastern route via Peng-tzu-ya to A-tun-tzu,

but the magistrate objected, as there were no

soldiers on it, and he had therefore no control.

Pereira therefore took the Wei-si route. There

were fewer villages as he ascended the Yangtze.

Walnuts and chestnuts were grown in the low

valley. Maize was the only crop, and no more

rice was now seen. The hills were sloping and

well wooded. There are many leopards in these

woods, it was said. The rhododendron is locally

called the Ch'a-shan-hua or Tea-hill flower. Wu-

Lou-ting was reached at 171 miles.

On August 15 he continued up the Yangtze

valley for 8 miles and then left it near the village

of Chü-tien. And now the first signs of Tibet

appeared in the form of chortens, prayer flags

and small mané stone heaps. At 104 miles he

reached La-p'ien-Ku. The next day he marched

up the pretty pine-wooded Pa-tsi-chi Ho valley,

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