Stage 1. Shéng-yi (16 miles). General Direction: West. 
Cross Fén Ho (3 feet deep in September) and pass over level plain 
to Nan-shih (5 miles). Then ascend narrow, stony gorge, passing 
Pei-hai-ts’un (63 miles), Hsi-ming-ts’un (8 miles), and reaching summit 
at Ho-shih-ts’un (12 miles). Thence road bends S.W. and runs easily 
along a ridge to Shéng-yi (population 100). 
Stage 2. Ku-chao (13} miles). General Direction: N.W. 
A stony road runs easily along the ridge, and at Chao-chia-li 
(4 miles) bends N.W. and becomes less stony. At 8 miles a steep 
descent is made to the Fén Ho and the road runs along the left bank 
for 3 miles to Ku-chao (population 500). Good supplies of coal here. 
Stage 3. Wu-chia-chuang (g} miles). General Direction: S.W. 
A good mule-road ascends the Fén Ho for 2 miles to its junction 
with a tributary and then ascends valley of latter, passing Hsiao-érh 
(3 miles), Mu-kou (5 miles) and Chi-ya (7 miles). 
Stage 4. Tsa-k’ou (10 miles). General Direction: W. 
Good mule-road continues easily up the valley, passing Yi-la 
(2 miles), Chao-san (6} miles), and Ma-ho-chuang (8 miles). 
Good crops of millet, buckwheat, corn, potatoes and oats in the 
valley. 
Stage 5. Mi-yiieh-ch’éng (17 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
A rough, stony road ascends 1600 feet to the summit of the valley 
at 11 miles, passing Kuan-t’ou (4 miles), Shan-t’ou-p’u (6 miles), and 
Ti-tzti-t’ou (7 miles). Thence a steep, stony descent is made to 
Mi-yiieh, on the left bank of the Nan-fan Ho. 
Stage 6. Camp in Mo-an Valley (11 miles). General Direction: S.W. 
Road ascends valley of Nan-fan Ho in southerly direction and at 
3 miles becomes narrow and steep. At Ta-shih-ho (6 miles) it bends 
west, and crossing a col at 8 miles, descends to the Mo-an valley, 
where camp can be formed in a wide ravine, on the north slopes of 
Yiin-ting Shan. There are no villages convenient for camping in. 
Stage 7. Ma-féng (12 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
Road descends the Mo-an valley, and for the first three miles is 
rough, afterwards improving, passing Wan-chia-chuang (7 miles) and 
Ch’ih-ch’ien (9 miles). 
Population of Ma-féng about 300. 
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