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At 3 P.M. we reached Tang Tcheu Lake.  The railroad climbs the steep mountain side of the lake some 1000 feet above the water.  Here the mountain side are grassy with small bushes.  No wild flowers seen anywhere.  The RR reaches its greatest hight here 7000 feet.  The first sight of the lake of Yunnan is seen thru apple orchards & over fields of sun flowers & millet.  On the road bordering the RR, many carts pulled by caribous were on their way to the city.  Pack trains of mules & horses were also passed.  In places the roads were lined by tall cypress trees.  Groves of apples, peaches & rice fields made up the landscape.  We reached the city of Yunnan-jou at 5 P.M.  The gare is outside the walls which extend in a quadrangle around the whole town.  They are dry [[?openknight]] & made of sundried bricks.