and the surveying parties still form a chief topic of conversation. The natives who think, wonder what the end will be. Between Yunnanfu and Chuogking there is really only one feasible route. What will be the outcome if the French and English both choose this? A short time ago Mr. Fraser, the journalist of the famous cyclists' party, wrote to one of the Lon-dou har stating that the French intended (0 he thought) to strike North for the Yangtze soon after leaving Yunnanfu. If the French do this, then the English have a chance of winning in this exciting railway game.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.