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Excerpt:. It Is Within The Limits Of 1906 That Hopes And Plans For Bringing Our Home Constituency In Touch With Reality On The China-Tibetan Border Have Matured. It Remains For The Reader Of These Pages To Judge Of Its Success Or Failure.. The Removal Of A Certain Vagueness Regarding This Particular Mission Field Which Evidently Exists Among Our Interested Friends Was An Undefined Wish While On Furlough In The United States Some Years Ago. It Seemed That Something More Permanent Than The Fleeting Impressions Received During The Hurried Visits Of Representatives From The Field Would Be Necessary.. As To Isolation And Lack Of Facilities For Rapid Transportation It Must Be Conceded That The Little Band Who Carry On The Work Which This Unpretentious Volume Attempts To Illuminate Are Less Favored Than The Workers Of Any Other Alliance Mission Field. But We Do Not Complain Tho The Circumstances Would Naturally Demand An Added Interest On The Part Of Those Who Hold The Ropes. 'Tis True Distance Lends Enchantment Yet With It May Be Associated An Undesirable Degree Of Unreality.