From Shanghai, Chengtu is most} difteult of access. The trip normal ly requires more time than does the voyage across the Pacific. Until reble In the cabin of the planes ong cently, the sole method of approach! ize has been that of following the tortuous trail of the Yangtze as it wands its way westward through the Gepths of this enormous country. At Chungking a change in transportation necessitated. Three possibilities are available, each offering its own Peculiar vicissitudes. If rain is not fo be reckoned with, the 260 miles may be risked by bus, requiring from Cee ar ate a ate are Jone of the partes would be apparent when they met.
The Hydrographic Department of the Chinese Navy is China's "Silent Service" It has developed a wonderful tradition. "The individual subordinates himself to the service, and if there is praise being bestowed, the service gets it as a whole, Bee Lo cee motor-cycles, tractors, automobiles, nor railroads break the monotony of these work-a-day lives. And yet each day
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