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CHAPTER XVI.
T'ENG YÜEH TO BHAMO.
At T'eng Yüeh I found Mr Maze, Commissioner of Customs, and his colleagues, who entertained me hospitably during my two days' stay in the town. This latter resembles other towns in Yün-nan, and requires no particular description. It is the first objective of caravans coming from Burma, but of the foreign goods imported only a comparatively small proportion remain for local consumption. Its foreign trade amounted in 1906 to 1,397,877 Hk. Tls.
On the last day of February I started on the last lap of my long journey. At Nantien, where I halted for the night, the lady in charge of the best inn refused to take me
