Stage 2. Yii-ho-p'u (ii miles). General Direction : S. by E. 



The road, which is still in excellent condition, continues to skirt 

 the Yii-lin Ho, passing Mi-chia-yiian (2 miles), Kao-chia-wa (6 miles), 

 and Li-chia-kou (8 miles). Yii-ho-p'u is a small walled market-town ; 

 population 200. 



Stage 3. Ch'i-chia-p'o (14 miles). General Direction: S.E. 



Road continues in excellent condition down the Yu-lin Ho valley 

 and is no longer sandy. The following villages are passed en route : 

 Yii-hua-mao (6 miles), Tang-chia (8 miles), Shang-yeh-wan (10 miles), 

 and Liu-chia-p'o (12 miles). 



Stage 4. Mi-chih Hsien (13 miles). General Direction : S.E. 



A good mule-road down the Yu-lin Ho valley, passing through the 

 following villages: Shui-chi (i mile), Liu-hsien-chuang (2 miles), 

 Kao-lien (4^ miles), Ch6n-chia-p'o (6 miles), and Chiang-chia-kou 

 (11 miles). 



Mi-chih Hsien is a town of about 2000 inhabitants, with wall and 

 buildings in good repair. There is a Postal Agency here (Micheh). 



Stages. Ssu-shih-li-p'u (12 miles). General Direction : S. by E. 



Road is still good and descends the Yii-lin Ho (or Wu-ting Ho) 

 valley, passing through F6ng-chia-chuang at 3 miles and Ma-chia-hsin 

 at 9 miles. 



Stage 6. Sui-t6 Chou (15 miles). Qeneral Direction : S. by E. 



An excellent road, descending the fertile Wu-ting valley, here | to 

 I mile wide, and passing en route : Chiao-chia-kou (i mile), Pai-chia- 

 ch'u (6 miles), Yen-chia-ts'a (7I miles), Tung-chia-shan (g miles), 

 Liu-chia-wan (11 miles), and Lung-wang (13I miles). Just before 

 reaching Liu-chia-wan a road branches E. to T'ai-yuan Fu via Yung- 

 ning Chou and F6n-chou Fu. There is a Postal Agency here 

 (Suitehchow). 



The Wu-ting Ho is crossed just before reaching Sui-t6 Chou 

 (which lies on the right bank) by a shaky trestle-bridge. 



Stage 7. T'ien-chuang (12 miles). General Direction :' S.W. 



Leaving Sui-t6 Chou by the S. gate, the road ascends a narrow 

 gorge and is wide enough for carts, though some of the gradients are 

 too steep for wheeled transport. Passing Pien-shang at 2 miles, the 

 the road ascends steeply for 900 feet to the summit of a small spur at 4 

 miles, descending steeply thence to Ma-chia-p'ing (6 miles), on the 



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