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that malaria is very prevalent and this scourage accounts for the absence of population and cultivation.  During the building of the R.R. great numbers of coolies died of malaria from LoaKay up to the head of the forest country.  The malaria is a very malignant sort often killing people within a day or two.  It is doubtless some sort of black water variety.  The train left the LaoKay station at 6:30 & then stopped across the River in Chinese territory for one hour for customs inspection.  The road follows the Nam-ti River the whole way.  This stream is smaller than the Red River & rocky & not very navigalble.  The valley is very narrow and [[strikethrough]]
the [[/strikethrough]] deep the mtns rising 3000-5000 feet above.

Rock formation limestone, much of the way, Cliffs, Hills without much forest, [[strikethrough]] grasses chiefly [[/strikethrough]] but grass covered to summits.  At Chantang station 

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