The next town we came to war Yang Ducchi. A short time previous this was the headquarters of one of the most noted robber chiefs of the whole district. We anchored here long enough to call on. the ficer in charge. He assured rything was clear below.
lus that we might be for search by the locat militia ap different points along the river. To make sure that we should have' no. trouble with these. local soldiers he gave us his card. We were halted twice during the next hour or so but were pasted on with-Jet inconvenience or delay" when they: saw our papers.
Shortly before dark we reached Wa Yang Dien, " small town 30 1 above Chungehow. Being un-Familiar with the river A Welcome Change present moment we are decided change. A. p:
Chengtu early in Feb ravelled all the way do small Chinese boat. We could have imagined that we were back in the good old peaceful days. Not a sight nor a sound disturbed our quiet. At Sinfu we met a small winter steamer and between Luchow jund Chungking we met four or five more. The far upper Yangtze is seeing new days. Winter steamers -Jup at Sinfu are a strong hint to the long-used junk that its days are being numbered.
Our al thought, of course. was to change from our small boat to steamer at Chungking, but on arrival there we heard good reports Jof the river down as far as Fow-chow. So we changed our plans. At: Fowchow we learnt that the itary in the three districts of Fengdu, Shidau and Chungehow had united in a campaign of robber hunting. So again we set out in Jour same small boat.
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