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[[marginalia]] symbol: right arrow [[/marginalia]] He had no pictures or slides to illustrate the talk which was very good & interesting. He dealt chiefly with the tribes people & the Chinese influence upon them. He is now on his way into Schezuan where he will assume the office of British Consul general. Recently I saw an article by him on Yunnan in the Geogr. Journal of London. The language spoken by the natives here is not Mandarin but a local tongue called King-hua & is quite distinct from the court languages.