Stage 14. Chin-chia-k’ou (11 miles). General Direction: S.W. 
The road makes a bad, rocky ascent up the valley of the Tui Ho, 
passing Wang-chia-shan (4 miles), Hsii-chia-mo (7 miles), and 
Féng-huang (9 miles). 
Stage 15. Yang-chia-tien (14 miles). General Direction: W. by S. 
Crossing a low, sandy plateau, the road descends to the Chia-lu 
Shui, a stream about 15 feet wide, at the village of Chiu-ts’ai (53 miles), 
and thence an excellent mule-track ascends the valley, passing 
Yao-érh-wan (8 miles), Tsao-chia (10 miles), and Shang-ts’ai (114 
miles). 
Stage 16. Liu-chien-hua (g miles). General Direction: W. 
The road ascends the Chia-lu valley and at K’ang-chia-wan 
(2 miles) becomes a narrow path, only 2 feet wide in places, skirting an 
overhanging cliff for 3 miles, when a low sandy ridge is crossed and the 
road descends easily to Liu-chien-hua (population 200). 
Stage 17. Yii-lin Fu (15 miles). General Direction: W. 
A good mule-road descends the valley easily, passing An-chia-kou 
at 2 miles, and at Yang-chia-shan, a mile beyond, crosses a low, sandy 
plateau, passing Ta-li-kou (4 miles) and Tien-wa-mao (8 miles). 
Traversing two successive low, sandy ridges, the road reaches the S. 
gate of Yii-lin Fu. 
Yii-lin Fu contains a small garrison and is the centre of a 
flourishing fur trade. There is a branch Post-Office here (Yiilinfu). 
ITINERARY No. 2. 
Yii-lin Fu to Yen-an Fu (via Sui-té Chou). 
Distance 176 miles; 13 stages. General Direction: S. 
An excellent mule-road, and wide enough for carts, though in some places 
the gradients are too steep for the use of wheeled transport, notably in the 
vicinity of the Kuan-t’i Pass in Stage g and of the T’ien-mén Pass in Stage 12. 
Stage 1. Kuei-ti-p’u (104 miles). General Direction: S. 
The road, which is level and in excellent condition, though sandy 
in places, descends the left bank of the Yii-lin Ho, passing San-ts’a-wan 
(5 miles) and Niu-kuo-tsai (8 miles). 
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