To the northwest of the Liklsng range, and between the latter and the Konkaling peaks, the snow—moun-{alns which encircle the high Chung-len plateau, stood out clearly the crystal atmosphere, By 9.30 am. we were again nearing the Yangtze further west which describes many bends and turns, To the south of us. lay the town of Yungpe, or the eternal north, now called Yungsheng oF ternal vielory, on a tong plain, and Aficen miles to the south of it the lake of Chenghal, its sheet of deep blue Water 80 lor about 26 miles {in elreumference. Its name Is derived from a family by the name of Cheng who lived there at a time when the Luke had not yot existed. This dry busin one night changed into, or became (cheng) a lake, hence it was Instead of flying over the Yangtze at Tslliklang we changed our course and flew north, but east of the dis-{rlet of Tungshan, or the eastern mountains, and parallel to the snow range which now stood out in all deeply covered with a mantle of whit '"Gruly it seemed to float in the atmosphere like a sleeping dragon, onshrowded ju its mantel of purest snow, Sts sharp peaks "and crags piercing the deep blue sky, An aura Of majesty encompassed it, overawe gather round their' another. Nearly 20,000 feet Its peaks tower into the and we bumped ana swayed and shook 8 we passed close lo the fee-crowned, vertical limestone cliffs and crags at an sititude of nearly 17,000 feet. Such a spectacle will for ever remain unforgettable. Serene and as with contempt the mighty peaks locked down on us as we in" our:
Insiynifeant craft lite through the virgin gorge Ing of my seat for moments made me forget the scenery, and made me hold on and close my eyes. Soon'we were nearing the other end of the gorge, Instead of fying up the Yangtze: valley over the river, we flow over Tahoshan, or the great fire mountain, an extinct voleano in whose rater now live a few. families be-Tonging to the Chungchia tribe, who once seitied here coming from Kwel-chow, their original home. "Here we made a tum south and flying at an altitude of 15,700 fect we hugged the western flanks of the snow peaks of the Yulungshan. Here the wind was ess strong and our ship sailed smoothly through the alr at the rate of 130 miles an hour. "As we reached the southern end of the range, Just a little south of the last rag' Huslapu of the range we crossed over, It 10 the plain,
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