'The people in the Min valley, since the bursting of the mud dam, have lived in fear that the other' dams might burst. But there is no like: linood,"of that. They are both of rock. Besides the bed of the river below the old Tieh-Chi plain has been raised Yor miles by deposits of ctene which have filled it hundreds of feet. This behind the lower dam ensures ite permanency. The depth of water in the dam if measured would give the exact height of this infilling in the river bed.
The Chengtu officials voted a sum of $40,000-to dig a channel through the upper dam. The intention was to drain it and expose again the submerged roads. But to primitive tools and methods it proved impossible. So the tribal peoples were impressed in large gangs to dig new tracks along the slopes of the mountains. New tracks they have made of a sort, far better than one would have imgained, by men forced to work at their own expense, but very far from equalling' the well made highway that was destroyed. Travel and traffic now is very precarious up the valley. Consequently China's hold now on this alien country is tremendously weakened,
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