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  • Early the next morning, the two of them were back on the scene, standing on the North Szechuen Road.

    Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008

  • American and European onlookers gathered on the North Szechuen Road to watch the skirmish—drinking, laughing, smoking, and eating sandwiches.

    Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008

  • In the province of Szechuen, China, natural gas is obtained from beds of rock-salt at a depth of fifteen to sixteen hundred feet.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various

  • As in the case of the attacks upon our citizens in Szechuen and at Kutien in 1895, the

    State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

  • It was while on these various public missions that Marco Polo journeyed through the provinces of Shansi, Shensi, and Szechuen, and skirted the edge of Tibet to Yunnan, and entered Northern Burma, lands unknown again to the West until after 1860.

    Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

  • In some of the skin-hongs that I entered, the walls were ornamented with coloured plans of Mecca and Medinah, bought in Chentu, the capital city of the province of Szechuen.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • At night we were at the village of Tanto, on the river, having crossed, a few li before, over the boundary which separates the province of Szechuen from the province of Yunnan.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • In Szechuen, as we passed through the towns, there was competition among the inns to obtain our custom.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • All were natives of the province of Szechuen, and all carried out their agreement to the letter.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • Since the mission was opened three converts have been baptised, one of whom is in Szechuen, another is in Tongchuan, and the third has been gathered to his fathers.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

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