rates the process, but thecakes are vastly greater than Marcos. Instead of a half-pound they weigh a picul,i.e. 1335 lbs. In Sze-chwan the brine wells are bored to a depth of 700 to 1000 feet;and the brine is drawn up in bamboo tubes by a gin. In Yun-nan the wells aremuch less deep, and a… … Salt-pans in Yun-nan. (From Gamier.) 11 ptennent la sel c la font .ciure, ei piths la gitent m forme. brine wells from which the salt is derived lie at Pai-yen-ching, 14 miles to thesouth-west of the city [of Yen-yuan] . . . [they] are only two in number, andcomparatively shallow, being only 50…
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