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At Lai-t'eo-p'o accommodation at night was fairly good. Men laughed hilariously at me when I raved at some carpenters to desist their clumsy hammering three feet above my head.
Length of Height stage above sea 1st day Che-chi 90 li. 7,800 ft. 2nd day Lai-t'eo-p'o 90 li. 8,500 ft. 3rd day Kongshan 100 li. 6,700 ft. 4th day Yang-kai 85 li. 7,200 ft. 5th day Ch'anff-o'o 95 li 6,000 ft. 6th day The Capital 70 li 6,400 ft.
Political, moral, social and spiritual contrast of Yün-nan with other parts of the Empire. Inconsistencies of celestial life. Author's start for Burma. The caravan. To Che-chi. Dogs fighting over human bones. Lai-t'eo-p'o: highest point traversed on overland journey. Snow and hail storms at ten thousand feet. Desolation and poverty. Brutal husband. Horse saves author from destruction.
To Lai-t'eo-p'o was a day that men might call a "killer." It is a dirty little place with a dirty little street, lying at the foot of a mountain known throughout Western China as one of the wildest of Nature's corners, nearly ten thousand feet high, a terrific climb under best conditions.
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