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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.