. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. round on the higher slopes,and most of our party crossed it with scarves wound roundtheir faces; it is a waste of time trying to explain even toeducated Chinese that the air is not noxious, but onlyrarified; they have not the least objection to your believingin the rarified air theory, but intimate that they know experience of high passes on the borders of Kansuand Szechuan is that the effects of rarified air are muchworse on the razor-backed passes, like the Tapan S
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. round on the higher slopes,and most of our party crossed it with scarves wound roundtheir faces; it is a waste of time trying to explain even toeducated Chinese that the air is not noxious, but onlyrarified; they have not the least objection to your believingin the rarified air theory, but intimate that they know experience of high passes on the borders of Kansuand Szechuan is that the effects of rarified air are muchworse on the razor-backed passes, like the Tapan Shan,than on even higher divides which are approached by easyslopes. The ascent of the Tapan Shan is steep enough, but thedescent on the other side is much worse, and the trailvery rough and rocky. Eventually a gorge is reached,which is followed for three hours march to a solitaryMahomedan inn called Tuchia Tai. By the time we reachedthis spot, although the snow had turned into rain as wedescended, and then ceased altogether, everyone was prettywell tired out; but the accommodation was limited, and the PLATE XXXIX. GRASS PRAIRIE (11,000 FEET) NEAR YUNGAN
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