APPENDIX A 



Datt. 



1895. 

 13 May 



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21 V 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Lao-Kaitse 



Viinchou 



Thermometer 



(Fahr.). 



Lotan 



Chun-ning-Fou 



Ta-lo-oue 



Hsiao-tiou-fan 



Salatang 



Mon-tian-cho . 



91 



95 



84" 



85° 66 



73 



7> 



62° 



66" 



60° 



69° 



57 



66° 



Wind. 



w. 



E.S.E. 



E. 



W. 



Weather. 



Remarks. 



Fine day. i T. to L. (Chinese), 2| hrs. 



Heavy | Up valley of the Mong-ma 



showers at Ho to one of its sources. 



night. By Tcha-fang-kai. 



Fair. 



Cloudy. 

 Oppres- 

 sive. 



Fair. 

 Rain at 



night. 



Cloudy. 

 Light rain. 



Rain. 



L. to Y., i6i m.; 6 hrs. Fir 

 forests. Crossed the Lancho 

 Ho, affluent of Mekong, by 

 bamboo bridge — breadth, 

 43 yds ; depth, 3 ft. Bed 

 of stream five times larger. 



Halt at Yunchou.' Important 

 commercial centre, about 

 7000 inhabitants ; resid- 

 ence of sub-prefect. 



Y. to L. (large Chinese town- 

 ship), 13^ m.; 4^ hrs. Ascent 

 up right bank of the Pe Hsiao 

 Ho. 



L. to C. (Chinese prefecture, 

 about 6000 inhabitants). 

 Continued up the Pe Hsiao 

 Ho. By Chiang-chouan. 



C. to T.,iom.; 3^ hrs. Crossed 

 two rivers, sources of the 

 Pe Hsiao Ho. ByTampao. 

 Over col in the chain of 

 hills. 



T. to H., gi m.; 3^ hrs. By 

 Chin-chouen to the Mekong 

 valley. 



H. to S., 13 m.; 4A hrs. Fol- 

 lowed Mekong right bank. 

 Crossed river by fine hang- 

 ing bridge. Zigzag ascent 

 to col, 8556 ft. By Loma. 



S. to M., II m.; 3I hrs. By 

 Halo-cheu (small town,about 

 1500 inhabitants). .Along 

 crest to an affluent of the 

 Yang-pi-kiang, whence into 

 valley. 



' From Yiinchou as far as Tali the country is exclusively inhabited by Chinese. 



