(7 miles), Liu-shu-kou (9 miles), and Yang-chia-wan (11 miles), 
There is a Postal Agency here (Yenanfu). 
ITINERARY No. 3. 
Yen-an Fu to Fu Chou (vid Kan-ch’tian Hsien). 
Distance, 48 miles; 4 stages. General Direction: S. 
A good mule-road, generally practicable for wheeled transport. 
Stage 1. Hsia-ho (124 miles). General Direction: S. 
A good mule-road ascends easily in a S. direction up the valley of 
a small tributary of the Yen Shui, through a sparsely-populated and 
poorly cultivated country. The following villages are passed :—Nan- 
ch’i-li-p’u (2 miles), Shih-li-p’u (4 miles), Kao-mao-shang (7 miles), 
San-shih-li-p’u (g miles), and Ma-p’u (11 miles), Hsia-ho is at the 
head of the valley ascended during the march. 
Stage 2. Kan-ch’iian Hsien (14 miles). General Direction: S. by W. 
Crossing a low spur just S. of Hsia-ho, the road descends into the 
valley of a small tributary of the Lé or Lo Ho, through a thinly- 
populated district. The following villages are passed :—Su-chia-ho 
(3-miles), Lao-shan (7} miles), Pai-t’u-p’o (10 miles), and Yang-chia- 
pien (12 miles). Kan-ch’tian Hsien is a walled town, situated on the 
left bank of the Lo Shui. 
Stage 3. Tao-tso-p’u (10 miles). General Direction: S. 
The road is good and fit for carts, skirting the left bank of the 
Lo Shui and passing Liu-shu-ying (1} miles), An-chia-p’ing (4 miles), 
Chéng-chia-wan (7 miles), and San-liu-mao (8} miles). Tao-tso-p’u is 
a walled village, formerly of considerable importance, but now con- 
taining only about 150 families. The Lo Shui is here 10 yards wide 
and 3 feet deep (in January), and there is a trestle bridge at the village. 
Stage 4. Fu Chou (11 miles). General Direction: S. 
A good cart-read continues down the left bank of the Lo Shui, 
passing the following villages :—Ts’ui-chia-kou (3} miles), Yii-lin- 
ch’iao (5 miles), Ma-fang (7 miles), and Ts’a-féng (9} miles). At 
Ts’a-féng a road goes E. to Yi-ch’uan Hsien, up the valley of a 
small tributary of the Lo Shui. This road is in places too steep 
for carts. Fu Chou is a clean, prosperous town of about 500 
families. 
