Stage 14. Chin-chia-k'ou (11 miles). General Direction : S.W. 



The road makes a bad, rocky ascent up the valley of the Tui Ho, 

 passing Wang-chia-shan (4 miles), Hsii-chia-mo (7 miles), and 

 F6ng-huang (9 miles). 



Stage 15. Yang-chia-tien (14 miles). General Direction : W. by S. 



Crossing a low, sandy plateau, the road descends to the Chia-lu 

 Shui, a stream about 15 feet wide, at the village of Chiu-ts'ai (5I miles), 

 and thence an excellent mule-track ascends the valley, passing 

 Yao-6rh-wan (8 miles), Tsao-chia (10 miles), and Shang-ts'ai (iii^ 

 miles). 



Stage 16. Liu-chien-hua (9 miles). General Direction : W. 



The road ascends the Chia-lu valley and at K'ang-chia-wan 

 (2 miles) becomes a narrow path, only 2 feet wide in places, skirting an 

 overhanging cliff for 3 miles, when a low sandy ridge is crossed and the 

 road descends easily to Liu-chien-hua (population 200). 



Stage 17. Yii-lin Fu (15 miles). General Direction : W. 



A good mule-road descends the valley easily, passing An-chia-kou 

 at 2 miles, and at Yang-chia-shan, a mile beyond, crosses a low, sandy 

 plateau, passing Ta-li-kou (4 miles) and Tien-wa-mao (8 miles). 

 Traversing two successive low, sandy ridges, the road reaches the S. 

 gate of Yii-lin Fu. 



Yii-lin Fu contains a small garrison and is the centre of a 

 ' flourishing fur trade. There is a branch Post-Offlce here (Yiilinfu). 



ITINERARY No. 2. 



Yti-lin Fu to Yen-an Fu (vi^ Sui-t6 Chou). 



Distance 176 miles ; 13 stages. General Direction : S. 



An excellent mule-road, and wide enough for carts, though in some places 

 the gradients are too steep for the use of wheeled transport, notably in the 

 vicinity of the Kuan-t'i Pass in Stage 9 and of the T'ien-m6n Pass in Stage 12. 



Stage I. Kuei-ti-p'u (loj miles). General Direction : S. 



The road, which is level and in excellent condition, though sandy 

 in places, descends the left bank of the Yu-lin Ho, passing San-ts'a-wan 

 (5 miles) and Niu-kuo-tsai (8 miles). 



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