204 A NATURALIST IN WESTERN CHINA 



We crossed the stream by a wooden cantilever bridge and, 

 on rounding a bend, the goal of our long journey came into view. 

 We were all well-nigh dead beat, and it was with thankful and 

 joyous hearts that we greeted the cluster of closely packed 

 houses, which, nestling in a narrow valley, constitute the 

 important border town of Tachienlu. 



