Peking, Mar. 21.
With the object of gaining more personal knowledge of the Turkestan regions, which possess peculiar attraction to Sinologues and ardent students of Far Eastern history, Mr. H. I. Harding, Assistant Chinese Secretary of the British Legation at Peking, recently offered to forego the leave now due to him and serve for a year at the British Consulate-General, Kashgar, if the Government would bear the cost of his journey.
The approval of the British Government has now been obtained, and Mr. Harding will leave here on his long and fascinating journey next month, accompanied by a Chinese friend.
Many friends in Peking -and other parts of China will await with keen interest reports of his experiences in travelling across vast plains and rugged mountains, where in places no transport animals can be used and man has to depend solely upon the services of his own kind for assistance in surmounting peaks and_ crossing the chasms of these picturesque regions.—Reuter.
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