The attention of residents in and visilers to Szechtien Is usually concentrated on the important central parts of the provitre. es well as on the "Yangtze Valley. The districts south of the Yangize beyond Chungking, although, as will be seen, im-Portant in many ways, are even in Chungking rather "a. terra incognita. Avrecent trip made by the welter in a parly of three, accompanied by a Chinese boy, threw some ght on things.
The aim of the trip was to climb the Chintoshan (Golden Buddha Mountain), which ts about, 6,000 fect high. The only maps available were the Postal Map of Szechuen (which says nothing about mountains) and a British General Staff Map of 1905 issue without hills"), which does mot show, of course, the new roads, and has quite a number of blank spaces, The motor bus road from Szechuen to Kweichow goes directly south from Chungking Into Kweichow Province passing through the district city of Chichiang, an Important place southern Szechuen, about 50. miles from Chungking. A motor road here branches off to the east, leading even {ually into Hunan Provines (Changsha), passing through the district elly of Nanchuan, about 50 miles cast Chichiang, It is these two trict (Chichlang and Nanehuan) district, which possesses iron and River communications play" an im portant part for trade, mainly the Chichiang, which flows into the Yangtze 40 miles above Chungking, a Chiangkou; " Stil, the importance of the thousands and thousands of earler coolies who make their living from the transportation business has hindered the authorities from. proving shipping conditions on the smaller rivers, so.we learned, After having carried their teads of wood-oil and coal partly coming up from Kweichow, northwards, they can be seen returning in frequent groups, of five o ten at a time, Jonded with such products as salt, cotton yarn and others which are imported into districts, usually with the empty woodoll jar at the top of the load.
As a matter of fact, there are probably few districts in Szechuen, where the carrier business plays ox big. a part as here, where the new motor Toads are used by two or three buses only, a day, but by thousands of eit-
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