FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



and by continuing in the same way we might hope to accomplish 

 ofood results. 



All the next day we were descending into the valley, the base of 

 which could be seen to be cultivated with rice and tobacco by Pais. 

 In the evening (3rd April) we celebrated the five-hundredth 

 kilometre by a great feast, washed down by Sparkling Rivulet 



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Halt of our Men. 



and Old Crusted Pump, and crowned by coffee and cigars. A 



grand concert concluded the proceedings, and we felt almost like 



home. Before turning in we had a long moonlight chat ; plans were 



discussed, maps brought out, and books consulted ; our imagination 



spanned valleys and overleaped mountains in the Far West of our 



hopes ; and lest we should lose the least portion of our airy dreams, 



sleep stole upon us as we talked. 



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