Chungking

In the Province of Suchue, near to Chungking, grow certain Flowers called Meutang, in high eſteem amongſt them, and therefore called the King of Flowers.

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From there, taking native boats he pressed still further up 358 miles to Chungking, in the province of Szechuen, arriving there on the 13th of May. A very interesting journey by land to Paoning Fu, over 300 miles northwest of Chungking, via Chiu Hsien, both going and returning, occupied him to the 14th of June.

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The great Chinese people have suffered grievous losses; Chungking has been almost wiped out of existence – yet it remains the capital of an unbeatable China.

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Although both physicians were connected with official commissions, they were unable to get three passages on a river steamer for another half month. This boat, going only midway to Chungking, would land them at Ichang. There they would have to find further accommodations on some vessel specially constructed to negotiate Upper Yangtze rapids and whirlpools.

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