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European construction [[strikethrough]] cross [[/strikethrough]] spanning one of the lateral affluents of the Taiping. This bridge is said to mark the Burmese border but there were no massonary boundary monuments near. However from this point westard [[sic]] extended a fine wide macadamized road with iron mile post which was evidently the bed of the proposed Ting yueh railroad. [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] The grade of this road was very gradual seldom more than 5% & broken limestone was used as a road bed instead of the smooth block pavements of the Chinese which forms a cruel footing for pack animals. The mile post at the bridge registered 51 miles. Many gaudy ^[[as well as]] large butterflies were seen in the road showing vivid green, violet, reds, yellow & black