From Peking to Kashgar was a distance of 3,500 miles and the Journey took usually 140 days of stiff travel. The methods of travel differed. Donkeys were used for the fist part, or those who preferred could employ mule litter These were quite comfortable, but the mules are somewhat apt to got. jakittish, at which time the litters turn over completely! The Peking carts arg used greatly, but are more kind of torture, The Chinese instead of stand the traffic, built the carts to withstand the road.
In north Chiva the streets, un-ike those in the villages and towns the south, are very broad, and in Shensi there has actually." been built an automobile road. The cities are all walled and yellow-tied roofs are often seen, although actually inside the walls the towns are rot pretentious.. There is little prosperity far away in the north towards Mongolia. There is ttle or no rainfall which means poor crops' end thus scouts: for the poverty of a people who live om the land, A Mohammedan Rebellion Relic In Kansu, De. Cressy showed by his slides, trees were plentiful ang had been planted all along tha sides of the roads. The story that is told of them concerns the Mo-Fammedan rebellion which took place in that province over 50 years ago, and which was put down only: after great dificult." The Cainese general who had charge of opera tions was so lavish with his money that at the end of the rebellion he found that he had kept nothing foe Rimself! He therefore. wrote to the Emperor asking that tress might be planted, and from the money which was sent him for this purpose ho saved sufficient tab fatisty. his needs.
Lanchow, which lay on the great highway, is the capital of Kansw and here after 40 deys of travel from Peking it seems strange te find a modern oilway bridge bull by an American firm. The gre oad de this. point. divides, "one Branch leading "to. Turkestan and the other south through Tibet to Lhasa. Yaks and horses were used this latter route, along.
Dr. Cressy took his audience as for ax the great Bule Lake, 'This tone of the most famous' salt Takow of the world, 10,700 feet high ant Surrounded by mouncainy many of {which are capped snow.
The Tea Caravans Another interesting route De. Cressy explained was that which ran from Peking to Siberia, and from thence overland to Europes the route taken by the great' car. avons carrying tea into Russia, But at this point in the lecture the lantern unfortunately fused, and part of the apparatus had to be carried out, so that the lecture continued without the aid of hut slides, This northern route from Pek ug to Unga Dr, Cressy said wis ove fine Jands practically all the way, and it was poi to drive by motor with ely occasional disexmae fort.
The natives the lecturer bad found were all friendly, but possess. ed of an overpowering curiosity. At every inn the travellers rested, crows would collect to inspec everything in sight, and when they, marched into a village after travel ing all day, before the inn was reached there would be a crowd tone or two hundred following close ly, just watching.
Mrs. HyTburt, who took the chaie fat the meeting, ai the close of tst lecture expressed a vote of thanks to Dr. Cressy for his interesting talk and announced that the next lecture would deal with trade ove the seas, and the story of erate merce in the days of clippers.
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