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give her a dose of chlorodyne, which I thought might 
do her good. They both appeared to be very grateful 
for the medicine. In the evening Ni-tou was reached. 
July 25.—After two hours’ march, I left the road 
by which I had travelled before, and turning to the 
left passed up a fine open valley and through highly 
cultivated land. The surface was rolling, the soil 
evidently very fertile and of a red colour, with granite 
boulders cropping up in places. Much Indian corn 
was growing, and clumps of walnut trees were plentiful. 
The road was gradually ascending, and the summit of a 
ridge 6,500 feet above the sea was reached at 10 a.m. 
Descending at first by a road that was trying in places, 
the village of Chih-pan-kow was reached and a short 
halt made. Then passing through Chih-pan-kow and 
Fung-ya-ping, both villages, the road ascended again 
till a second ridge was reached, called San-yan-kwan, 
7,390 feet above the sea. From here I descended to 
Yo-so-po (6,250 feet), where I intended to stay the night. 
Chin-chi-hsien is seen from here, being about three miles 
off in the valley. I believe that this route has never 
been taken before by a European. 
I shot a bird here that I had never seen in China 
before; it was black, with breast andrump of an intense 
scarlet. During the day I passed coolies carrying tea 
from Ya-chow-fu to Ta-tsien-lu. This is a shorter but 
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