Ho, with considerable windings. The country is well cultivated, 
and the following villages are passed en route :—Wang-chia-p'ing (3 
miles), Han-chia-chai (5 miles), Yii-chia-kou (9 miles), Jén-chia-wan 
(12 miles), and Wang-chia-wan (16 miles). 
Stage 7. Jén-sa-ho (15 miles). General Direction: W. by N. 
A good mule-road continues to skirt the left bank of the Chien-tsai 
Ho for 14 miles, and then strikes W. up the valley of the Hsien Ho, 
a small tributary. Many small villages are passed en voute, including :— 
Kao-chia-wa (4 miles), Ta-shih-kou (7 miles), Ts’ao-chia-p’o (10 miles), 
and Huang-chia (13 miles). Jén-sa-ho contains about 25 families. 
Stage 8. Ku-yiian Chou (134 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
A good mule-road still ascends the left bank of the Chien-tsai Ho 
to the head of the valley at 8 miles, and, traversing the Hua-mao Pass, 
descends the valley of a small tributary of the Ku-yiian Ho, reaching 
the main river a mile below Ku-yiian Chou. The following villages 
are passed :—Liu-chia-wa (2 miles), Ta-ho-tien (3 miles), Liu-chia-yao 
(6 miles), Wang-chia-hsin (7 miles), and Ching-shih-hsiang (12 miles). 
Ku-yiian Chou is a prosperous commercial town of about 5000 
inhabitants. There is a telegraph office here, and lines run N. to Ning- 
hsia Fu, S.E. to Hsi-an Fu, with offices en route at P’ing-liang Fu and 
Chin Chou, and W. to Lan-chou Fu. 
There is also a Postal Agency (Kuyiian). 
ITINERARY No. 6. 
Ku-yiian Chou to Ching-ning Chou (via the Hai-tzii Pass). 
Distance, 58 miles; 3 stages. 
A good cart-road throughout with easy gradients. The telegraph line 
from Ku-yiian to Lan-chou follows this road. 
Stage 1. Hsiao-ch’éng (17 miles). General Direction: S.W. 
A good mule-road, fit for carts, ascends S.W. easily over a plain, 
passing Yang-fang (3 miles) and Mao-chia-lao (5 miles), and reaching 
the edge of the plain at K’ou-chia (8 miles) crosses a small ridge and 
descends to the valley of a streamlet, up which it ascends fairly easily 
in a S. direction. Passing Hai-tzti-ho (11 miles), and Ta-wa-tien (14 
miles), the road just beyond the latter village traverses the Hai-tzii 
Pass, 1700 feet above Ku-yiian, penetrating the Liu-p’an Shan range at 
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