Stage 2. Yii-ho-p’u (11 miles). General Direction: S. by E. 
The road, which is still in excellent condition, continues to skirt 
the Yii-lin Ho, passing Mi-chia-yiian (2 miles), Kao-chia-wa (6 miles), 
and Li-chia-kou (8 miles). Yvti-ho-p’u is a small walled market-town ; 
population 200. 
Stage 3. Ch’i-chia-p’o (14 miles). General Direction: S.E. 
Road continues in excellent condition down the Yii-lin Ho valley 
and is no longer sandy. The following villages are passed en route : 
Yii-hua-mao (6 miles), Tang-chia (8 miles), Shang-yeh-wan (ro miles), 
and Liu-chia-p’o (12 miles). 
Stage 4. Mi-chih Hsien (13 miles). General Direction: S.E. 
A good mule-road down the Yii-lin Ho valley, passing through the 
following villages: Shui-chi (xz mile), Liu-hsien-chuang (2 miles), 
Kao-lien (44 miles), Chén-chia-p’o (6 miles), and Chiang-chia-kou 
(11 miles). 
Mi-chih Hsien is a town of about 2000 inhabitants, with wall and 
buildings in good repair. There is a Postal Agency here (Micheh). 
Stage 5. Ssii-shih-li-p’u (12 miles). General Direction: S. by E. 
Road is still good and descends the Yii-lin Ho (or Wu-ting Ho) 
valley, passing through Féng-chia-chuang at 3 miles and Ma-chia-hsin 
at g miles. 
Stage 6. Sui-té Chou (15 miles). General Direction: S. by E. 
An excellent road, descending the fertile Wu-ting valley, here } to 
} mile wide, and passing en route: Chiao-chia-kou (1 mile), Pai-chia- 
ch’u (6 miles), Yen-chia-ts’a (7} miles), Tung-chia-shan (g miles), 
Liu-chia-wan (1r miles), and Lung-wang (13} miles). Just before 
reaching Liu-chia-wan a road branches E. to T’ai-yiian Fu via Yung- 
ning Chou and Fén-chou Fu. There is a Postal Agency here 
(Suitehchow). 
The Wu-ting Ho is crossed just before reaching Sui-té Chou 
(which lies on the right bank) by a shaky trestle-bridge. 
Stage 7. T’ien-chuang (12 miles). General Direction: S.W. 
Leaving Sui-té Chou by the S. gate, the road ascends a narrow 
gorge and is wide enough for carts, though some of the gradients are 
too steep for wheeled transport. Passing Pien-shang at 2 miles, the 
the road ascends steeply for goo feet to the summit of a small spur at 4 
miles, descending steeply thence to Ma-chia-p’ing (6 miles), on the 
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