ITINERARY No. 4. 



Fu Chou to Ch'ing-yang Fu (via Ho-shui Hsien). 



Distance, 112 miles; 7 stages. 



Good mule-road, except in stage i, where there are some steep, rough 



gradients. 



Stage I. Ch'ang-ts'un-yi (17 miles). General Direction : S.W. 



After skirting the right bank of the Lo Ho for about a mile, the 

 road bends W. and becomes steep and rough. It ascends, winding 

 round the hillside, with several steep descents to streamlets, until at 6 

 miles a plateau is reached. The road then descends the hillside, 

 skirting the Ch'ing-shui Ho, a tributary of the Lo Ho, the gradients 

 being steep in places. Ch'ang-ts'un-yi is a prosperous village, situated 

 on the right bank of the Ch'ing-shui Ho. The following villages are 

 passed en route: Sha-hsi-kou (2 miles), T'ai-ch'i (4 miles), T'u-ling 

 (5 miles), Yang-chuan (7 miles), Shan-huo (9 miles), Yao-shang-wan 

 (15 miles), and Hsin-ch'^ng (16 miles). 



Stage 2. Hai-shui-ssu (17 miles). General Direction: N.W. 



The road ascends the right bank of the Ch'ing Shui and is in good 

 condition. Passing Chih-fang-kou (2 miles) and T'ang-fang (4^ miles), 

 the road at the village of Tai-shih-tien (6 miles) crosses a small steep 

 spur, and again descends to the river at Ch'ih-16 (loj miles), and, 

 crossing to the left bank, passes An-chia-shan (15 miles) and reaches 

 Hai-shui-ssu, a village of about 250, surrounded by ruined walls. 



Stage 3. T'ai-pei-ch'6ng (20 miles). General Direction : W.N.W. 



A good mule-road skirts the left bank of the Ch'ing Shui through 

 a well-wooded but sparsely-populated valley, which has suffered greatly 

 from famine and is poorly cultivated. The following villages are 

 passed : Hsiao-shan (2I miles), Ch'iu-shu-lin (4I miles), Wang-chia 

 (5 miles), Ch'uan-chuang (7 miles), Chang-chia-wan (9 miles), Ma-chia 

 (10 miles), and Ho-shang-yiian (12J miles). T'ai-pei-ch'eng is a ruined 

 village of 100 souls, on the right bank of the Ch'ing Shui, just below its 

 junction with a small tributary — the Miao Ho. The boundary between 

 Shensi and Kansu is crossed about a mile to the east of the village. 



Stage 4. Miao-ts'un (17 miles). General Direction : W. 



The road, which is in good condition, ascends the left bank of the 

 Miao Ho through densely-wooded and poorly populated country. The 



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