ITINERARY No. 4. 
Fu Chou to Ch’ing-yang Fu (vid Ho-shui Hsien). 
Distance, 112 miles; 7 stages. 
Good mule-road, except in stage 1, where there are some steep, rough 
gradients. ; 
Stage 1. Ch’ang-ts’un-yi (17 miles). General Direction: S.W. 
After skirting the right bank of the Lo Ho for about a mile, the 
road bends W. and becomes steep and rough. It ascends, winding 
round the hillside, with several steep descents to streamlets, until at 6 
miles a plateau is reached. The road then descends the hillside, 
skirting the Ch’ing-shui Ho, a tributary of the Lo Ho, the gradients 
being steep in places. Ch’ang-ts’un-yi is a prosperous village, situated 
on the right bank of the Ch’ing-shui Ho. The following villages are 
passed en route: Sha-hsi-kou (2 miles), T’ai-ch’i (4 miles), T’u-ling 
(5 miles), Yang-chtian (7 miles), Shan-huo (g miles), Yao-shang-wan 
(15 miles), and Hsin-ch’éng (16 miles). 
Stage 2. Hai-shui-ssti (17 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
The road ascends the right bank of the Ch’ing Shui and is in good 
condition. Passing Chih-fang-kou (2 miles) and T’ang-fang (44 miles), 
the road at the village of Tai-shih-tien (6 miles) crosses a small steep 
spur, and again descends to the river at Ch’ih-lé (10} miles), and, 
crossing to the left bank, passes An-chia-shan (15 miles) and reaches 
Hai-shui-ssti, a village of about 250, surrounded by ruined walls. 
Stage 3. T’ai-pei-ch’éng (20 miles). General Direction: W.N.W. 
A good mule-road skirts the left bank of the Ch’ing Shui through 
a well-wooded but sparsely-populated valley, which has suffered greatly 
from famine and is poorly cultivated. The following villages are 
passed: Hsiao-shan (24 miles), Ch’iu-shu-lin (44 miles), Wang-chia 
(5 miles), Ch’uan-chuang (7 miles), Chang-chia-wan (9 miles), Ma-chia 
(ro miles), and Ho-shang-yiian (124 miles). T’ai-pei-ch’éng is a ruined 
village of 100 souls, on the right bank of the Ch’ing Shui, just below its 
junction with a small tributary—the Miao Ho. The boundary between 
Shensi and Kansu is crossed about a mile to the east of the village. 
Stage 4. Miao-ts’un (17 miles). General Direction: W. 
The road, which is in good condition, ascends the left bank of the 
Miao Ho through densely-wooded and poorly populated country. The 
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