of about 3000 inhabitants, on the left bank of the An-ting Ho. There 
is a telegraph office here and a Postal Agency (Anting Kan). 
Stage 7. Ch’éng-k’ou-yi (16} miles). General Direction: N.N.W. 
Crossing by a bridge to the right bank of the An-ting Ho, a good level 
mule-road descends the river northwards, passing Wu-li-p’u (2 miles), 
Shih-pa-li-p’u (4 miles), and several other prosperous villages. At 12 
miles the road leaves the main stream and strikes W. up a small 
tributary, passing Ch’a-k’ou (13 miles), and Liao-chia-p’ing (154 miles), 
Ch’éng-k’ou-yi has a population of about 200 and an official rest-house, 
but the inns are poor. 
Stage 8. Kan-tsao-tien (14 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
The road, which is rough in places, ascends the stream for 14 miles, 
and then strikes N.W. up the hillside for 4 miles, passing Tuan-chia-yao 
(2 miles), Fa-niu-p’o (3} miles), Chin-chia-chuan (5 miles), and Hsien- 
tzii-shang (7 miles). Just beyond the last-named, it traverses a low 
pass (8050 ft.), and runs level along the ridge to a mile beyond Ta-wan- 
lou (8 miles), where it begins to descend to the well-cultivated valley of 
a tributary of the Yellow River, and passing Pai-t’u-yao at 11} miles, 
reaches Kan-tsao-tien, a prosperous village on the left bank of the 
stream, containing many inns, and enjoying a considerable trade with 
Lan-chou Fu. 
Stage g. Ta’i-ya-p’u (16 miles). General Direction: N.N.W. 
A good mule-road continues to descend the left bank of the stream, 
through a well-cultivated valley, passing Shan-tung-ying at 1$ miles, 
and Ch’ing-shui-yi at 64 miles. At Hsii-chia-t’ai (10 miles) a road 
goes S.W. to Chin Hsien, 8 miles distant, via Shuang-tien. The route 
continues to descend the left bank, crossing a small spur and tributary 
at 11 miles, and passing Hsia-kuan-ying at 15 miles, crosses to the 
right bank of the stream at T’ai-ya-p’u. 
Stage 10. Sang-yiian (15 miles). General Direction: N.W. 
A good mule-road continues to descend the right bank of the 
stream, passing Yiieh-chia-lao at 44 miles, and Chin-chia-yai at 6 miles, 
and crossing to the left bank of the stream at 84 miles. Passing 
Hsiao-shui-tzii at 13 miles, the road at 14 miles reaches the Yellow 
River where it joins a route coming in from the N.E. from Ching-yiian 
Hsien. The road now skirts the right bank of the river to the village. 
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