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OW that they had definitely decided to go to China, Scobee had something to occupy his mind. They had to map out their trip. Hung Long Tom saw to it that Scobee's mind was never idle. He sent away for literature about China and was fortunate enough to pick up several almost forgotten books written long ago. One was 'Chinese Central Asia,' By Henry Lansdell published in London by Samson Low, Marston and Co. in 1893. Another was 'The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years' Travels, Adventures, and Residence Abroad,' By J. Thomson, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1875, 'Illustrated With Upward of Sixty Wood Engravings By