have hitherto rarely ventured into such remote parts "The first 90 miles of the flight from Panchow to Ninghsia yesterday was across an_ Uninterrupted wilder-hess of indescribable miniature mountains, on which no human Could subsist, where no plane could] Safely "land, and where only. the Yellow River winds its way through canyons which it has torn during centuries of time. Then came, the] blazing red sands of the Little Gobi inthe western part of Inner Mon-olla, and next the Blue Alasha which mountain barrier keeps. fertie the plain upon which Ninghsia stands from being submerged by] desert sand.
'To the south-east of Ninghsia there was continuous desolation for some 200 miles. 'There were no habitations and only an occasional nomad with his few' sheep was visible. Its uncompromising wilderness almost til the border of Shens! province reached some 300 miles distant.
'Such an immense amount of earth) aching with its own barrenness that} 'Generalissimo flew over in hi telangular tour' from Sian and re turn was a revelation to bim and to the others with him.
The party will remain in Sian] until Wiis afternoon—Reuter.
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