It is well exposed on all sides, and has been condemned by military experts.

But the law of fortifications which applies to any ordinary frontier does not apply to the frontier of China, where there is no danger whatsoever.

The palisade is irregularly made, and is not superior, of course, to any round the Chinese stockades.
The houses are built of bamboo, are raised on piles, and thatched with grass.

A company of the 3rd Burma Regiment is permanently stationed here under an English officer, and consists of 100 men, who are either Sikhs or Punjabis, all of splendid stature and military bearing.

A picket of six men under a non-commissioned native officer guards the ford, and permits no armed Chinese to cross the border.
There are numbers of transport mules and ponies.