Routes to China viâ Asam

Abstract

THE possibility of connecting India with China by a tolerably direct and easy trade route overland is a question of increasing interest to us all, in India and England. Not only would such a route benefit the large valley of Asam, by causing an influx of labour more or less useful for the growth and manufacture of tea, and convert it from a cul-de-sac into a great highway. But the spectacle would be removed of two large and populous empires touching each other, and in harmony, yet having no direct intercourse.