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his grasses that this interesting city was visited. To reach Hue one 

 goes by rail to Hanoi and then south to Vinh, the present terminus of 

 the railroad that is to be Ixiilt to Hue and ultimately to Saigon. 

 Bevond Vinh one goes by auto-ljus over good roads about 175 miles. 

 x\ trip was made to Tourane on the coast, connected with Hue by 

 railroad. 



On the return trip from Haiphong to Honkkong, a stop was made 

 in Hainan, landing at Hoihow on the north coast. Hainan is a 

 seldom-visited island about 180 miles long, belonging to China. 



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Fig. 43. — A wayside shrine at Yingtak. China. These shrines are common but, 

 like the present one. often sutifer from neglect. 



Through the kindness of Doctor McCandliss, a missionary in charge 

 of a hospital at Hoihow, we were able to penetrate to the interior of 

 the island as far as Kachek where there is a branch missionary station. 

 The journey was made by boat on the river the first day and on foot 

 the second and third days. From Kachek a trip was made up the 

 river into the foothills of the Five-finger Mountains. Traveling in 

 Hainan as in nianv other parts of China is chiefly l)y chair carried 

 bv two coolies. 



Traveling in China is mostly by rather primitive methods. ^Modern 

 steamers ply along the coast and on the larger rivers and there are a 

 few railroads. The sami^an. a small partly covered boat propelled by 



