Stage 8. Sung-chia-k'ou (i6 miles). General Direction : W. 



A good cart-road to Yung-ning Chou descends the Mo-an valley, 

 passing Liu-chia-chuang (4 miles) and the large village of Feng-hsiang- 

 ch'^ng (6 miles), and a mile beyond the latter, at Chou-chia-yuan, the 

 main route is left and a rough, stony mule-road turns W. and ascends 

 900 feet to summit of a pass at 12 miles. Thence a steep descent is 

 made to Sung-chia-k'ou, on a small tributary of the Lin Hq. 



Stage g. Lin Hsien (13 miles). General Direction : W.S.W. 



A good mule-path descends the valley to the Lin Ho, where 

 2 miles down stream on the left bank is Lin Hsien, a walled town of 

 about 3000 inhabitants. The following villages are passed en route: 

 Miao-chia (2 miles), Ch'ien-ch'ang (6 miles), K'ang-chia-wan {y\ miles), 

 and Cho-tzu (g| miles). 



Lin Hsien contains a Roman Catholic Mission, and supplies are 

 numerous. There is a Postal Agency here Linhsien Sha). 



Stage 10. Kan-tsao-k'ou (15 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



The road ascends the Lin Ho valley for 3 miles and then strikes 

 W. up a ravine, gradually narrowing as it ascends. Tu-chia-kou is 

 passed at 8 miles, after which the road is steep and rocky, ascending 

 the eastern slopes of Ch'ing-ting Shan. 



Stage II. Ts'ai-chia-wei (14 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



Road ascends fairly easily for 4 miles to a pass between two peaks 

 of the Ch'ing-ting Shan, and thence by easy gradients descends a small 

 valley to Ts'ai-chia-wei, passing Sha-p'o (8^ miles), Chuang-t'ou 

 (10 miles), and Yang-p'i (12 miles). 



Stage 12. Huang-ho-yeh (14 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



A good mule-track descends the valley easily for 10 miles, and 

 then, at Lung-wang-miao, a steep, winding ascent is made to the head 

 of the valley, whence the road descends steeply to the valley of the 

 Huang Ho (Yellow River), on the left bank of which is Huang-ho-yeh. 

 There is a ferry over the river here and several large ferry-boats are 

 available. 



Stage 13. Ch'i-chia-wei (10 miles). General Direction : W. 



Crossing the Huang Ho, the road ascends 700 feet steeply, and, 

 crossing a pass at Liu-chia-mo (5J miles), traverses a small plateau and 

 descends to Ch'i-chia-wei, on the left bank of the Tui Ho, a tributary 

 of the Yellow River. 



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