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CHINA.—Lieut. Gill, R.E., who. a short time back, arrived in British Burmah, after succeeding in traversing China from Shanghai to the Yünnan frontier, has furnished a Rangoon paper with an account of his journey. Lieut. Gill, in the first instance, proceeded, viâ Hankow, to Chung-king, in Szechuen, whence he made a trip to the northwards, visiting the fire-wells of Tsi-liu, at which place are also found brine-wells, from which good salt is made. Mr. Gill made his way to Sung-pao-ting, on the borders of the Koko Nor, and to Liang-ngan-foo, returning by a different route to Chêng-tu. Being joined by Mr. Mesney, the two began their long, perilous, and arduous journey to Burmah overland, in the course of which they passed Bathang, on the borders of Thibet, in about N. lat. 30°. Near Bathang ranges were crossed which were some 15,600 feet in height. The most common tree near Bathang is the pine, which in some places was seen in magnificent forests, and many of the trees were found to be about three feet in diameter.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 17, 452–453 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017452b0
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