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Site of one of the Chinese stockades of Feb. 1900, 4 miles S. of Hpare. These stockades were then on a bare clearing. The undergrowth has since sprung up. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of British officers, Gurkha N.C.O.s and porters posed in remains of Chinese stockade.
The loads on the pony. The muzzle is put on to prevent animals stopping on the road to graze. The leading or head rope is entirely dispensed with. The breastpiece or strap is too loose. Photographer: Unknown
A bit of the camping ground, Upper Piepat, height 7,300 ft. It was on this ridge that a small post was built and a transmitting station established to connect up the Ngawchang Valley with Nangu and Loignu Bum. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of camp area, with a group of officers conversing in the middleground.
Looking S.E. down the valley of the Hsiao cha ho into China from the Pang seng kyet pass. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of three joined prints. With a note indicating the centre of the print, where 'the road to Sancha passes over this ridge.'
Singlen Bum and Loignu Bum from the Manwaing paddy fields. Looking N. These hills look straight up the Nmai Hka Valley to the N.W. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking across rice fields towards the hills. The peaks of Singlen Bum and Loignu Bum are marked on the print.