MYSTERIOUS VALLEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22933, 11 January 1938, Page 6

MYSTERIOUS VALLEY

EXPLORATION IN BURMA TWO INTREPID FRENCHMEN Sent out by French, geographical societies on an educational-mission, two Frenchmen. M. Guibaut and M. Liotard, recently completed a tour of another mysterious part of Burma, the wild upper valley of the Salween River. Few explorers have visited this district on the borders of Burma, China and Tibet, near the foothills of the Himalayas. < r

Ihe upper valley of . the Salween is inhabited by Lisus, an inhospitable hill

tribe, who resent strangers visiting their country, and previous missions have met with little success. Since 15)10, when two Gorman explorers were killed in this wild country, no Europeans have ventured to visit it.

Ihe two intrepid Frenchmen succeeded where many fniletL Exploring the upper reaches and gdfges of the balween. running into the fast foothills °f the Himalayas, they covered about 1500 miles of country and finally crossed into Tibet.

Ihe Sal ween valley is a difficult one for exploration as the, river runs iu niany places between almost slier walls of rocky mountains. The*'two •«x , »!'.»re r ? propose to return to the Ka>t .urnin for further exploration of the lny-t'Ty lands, on the borders of Burma-China and I ibet early next year.