Stage I. Sh^ng-yl (i6 miles). General Direction : West. 



Cross F^n Ho (3 feet deep in September) and pass over level plain 

 to Nan-shih (5 miles). Then ascend narrow^, stony gorge, passing 

 Pei-hai-ts'un (6 J miles), Hsi-ming-ts'un (8 miles), and reaching summit 

 at Ho-shih-ts'un (12 miles). Thence road bends S.W. and runs easily 

 along a ridge to Sh6ng-yi (population 100). 



Stage 2. Ku-chao (13^ miles). General Direction : N.W. 



A stony road runs easily along the ridge, and at Chao-chia-li 

 (4 miles) bends N.W. and becomes less stony. At 8 miles a steep 

 descent is made to the F^n Ho and the road runs along the left bank 

 for 3 miles to Ku-chao (population 500). Good supplies of coal here. 



Stage 3. Wu-chia-chuang (9I miles). General Direction : S.W. 



A good mule-road ascends the F^n Ho for 2 miles to its junction 

 with a tributary and then ascends valley of latter, passing Hsiao-6rh 

 (3 miles), Mu-kou (5 miles) and Chi-ya (7 miles). 



Stage 4. Tsa-k'ou (10 miles). General Direction : W. 



Good mule-road continues easily up the valley, passing Yi-la 

 (2 miles), Chao-san (6| miles), and Ma-ho-chuang (8 miles). 



Good crops of millet, buckwheat, corn, potatoes and oats in the 

 valley. 



Stage 5. Mi-yueh-ch'^ng (17 miles). General Direction: N.W. 



A rough, stony road ascends 1600 feet to the summit of the valley 

 at II miles, passing Kuan-t'ou (4 miles), Shan-t'ou-p'u (6 miles), and 

 Ti-tzu-t'du (7 miles). Thence a steep, stony descent is made to 

 Mi-yiieh, on the left bank of the Nan-fan Ho. 



Stage 6. Camp in Mo-an Valley (11 miles). General Direction: S.W. 



Road ascends valley of Nan-fan Ho in southerly direction and at 

 3 miles becomes narrow and steep. At Ta-shih-ho (6 miles) it bends 

 west, and crossing a col at 8 miles, descends to the Mo-an valley, 

 where camp can be formed in a wide ravine, on the north slopes of 

 Yun-ting Shan. There are no villages convenient for camping in. 



Stage 7. Ma-f^ng (12 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



Road descends the Mo-an valley, and for the first three miles is 

 rough, afterwards improving, passing Wan-chia-chuang (7 miles) and 

 Ch'ih-ch'ien (9^^ miles). 



Population of Ma-f^ng about 300. 



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