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possible to go to the mountains even near by to hunt. While we were 

 at Ningyuenfu. Lolos attacked a caravan, carried off pack animals 

 and goods, and took oft' some Chinese as captives. I do not think 

 that conditions in the Ningyuen district can improve much for a good 

 many years." 



Fig. 26. — An unusually beautiful archway spanning- the 

 main road west of Uin-Gin-Shien, Szechuan, China. This 

 is a memorial arch erected in memory of a widow who 

 remained loyal to her husband after his death by never 

 remarrying. (Photograph by Graham.) 



Ningyuenfu is scarcely more than 150 miles southwest of Suifu in 

 an air line, but the road leading to this place required a long journey, 

 via the Min River to Kiating, thence along the Ya River to Yachow, 

 after which the general direction lay to the south. The expedition 

 started from Suifu on July 4, with 10 coolies to carry the loads, 

 two or three native collectors, a cook, and an escort. On the 5th, 

 Dr. Graham remarks in his dairy, " we passed through a robber resort, 



