Your correspondent is rather new to this part of Szechuan, and things that may be changes do not readily impress him as such. One thing, however, is quite noticeable and that is the whistles of the many steam-pumping plants which blow at the change of shifts. It makes one think that he is in the centre of a large manufacturing district. It is five years since I visited this district and at that time steam plants were not a conspicuous success at the salt wells. Now, they are used at many of the wells.
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