is the statement that the Yalung river makes a double curve—a gigantic letter S, west of Mienninghsien, Lat, 28° North. It is also stated that the Lichu, instead of flowing down to the Yangtze as shown on our present maps, enters the Yalung on this curve, while the old Yangtze, instead of flowing in a bend around the city of Lichiang, makes an immense loop to the north, returning agai to the approximate course now laid down for it to the east of that city. Little by little we are extending our knowledge of this wild jungle of mountain country and its equally difficult jumble of differing tribes,—thanks to the energy and pluck of men who, at the risk of personal safety and expenditure of personal toil, are pushing out into these difficult regions.
6th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.