Stage 8. Sung-chia-k’ou (16 miles). General Direction: W. 
A good cart-road to Yung-ning Chou descends the Mo-an valley, 
passing Liu-chia-chuang (4 miles) and the large village of Féng-hsiang- 
ch’éng (6 miles), and a mile beyond the latter, at Chou-chia-yiian, the 
main route is left and a rough, stony mule-road turns W. and ascends 
goo feet to summit of a pass at 12 miles. Thence a steep descent is 
made to Sung-chia-k’ou, on a small tributary of the Lin Ho. 
Stage 9. Lin Hsien (13 miles). General Direction: W.S.W. 
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A good mule-path descends the valley to the Lin Ho, where 
2 miles down stream on the left bank is Lin Hsien, a walled town of 
about 3000 inhabitants. The following villages are passed en route : 
Miao-chia (2 miles), Ch’ien-ch’ang (6 miles), K’ang-chia-wan (74 miles), 
and Cho-tzii (g} miles). 
Lin Hsien contains a Roman Catholic Mission, and supplies are 
numerous. There is a Postal Agency here Linhsien Sha). 
to. Kan-tsao-k’ou (15 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
The road ascends the Lin Ho valley for 3 miles and then strikes 
W. up a ravine, gradually narrowing as it ascends. Tu-chia-kou is 
passed at 8 miles, after which the road is steep and rocky, ascending — 
the eastern slopes of Ch’ing-ting Shan. 
11. Ts’ai-chia-wei (14 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
Road ascends fairly easily for 4 miles to a pass between two peaks 
of the Ch’ing-ting Shan, and thence by easy gradients descends a small 
valley to Ts’ai-chia-wei, passing Sha-p’o (84 miles), Chuang-t’ou 
(10 miles), and Yang-p’i (12 miles). 
12. Huang-ho-yeh (14 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
A good mule-track descends the valley easily for 10 miles, and 
then, at Lung-wang-miao, a steep, winding ascent is made to the head 
of the valley, whence the road descends steeply to the valley of the 
Huang Ho (Yellow River), on the left bank of which is Huang-ho-yeh. 
There is a ferry over the river here and several large ferry-boats are 
available. 
13. Ch’i-chia-wei (10 miles). General Direetion: W. 
Crossing the Huang Ho, the road ascends 700 feet steeply, and, 
crossing a pass at Liu-chia-mo (5} miles), traverses a small plateau and 
descends to Ch’i-chia-wei, on the left bank of the Tui Ho, a tributary 
of the Yellow River. 
