Ho, with considerable windings. The country is well cultivated, 

 and the following villages are passed en route : — Wang-chia-p'ing (3 

 miles), Han-chia-chai (5 miles), Yii-chia-kou (9 miles), J6n-chia-wan 

 (12 miles), and Wang-chia-wan (16 miles). 



Stage 7. J^n-sa-ho (15 miles). General Direction : W. by N. 



A good mule-road continues to skirt the left bank of the Chien-tsai 

 Ho for i\ miles, and then strikes W. up the valley of the Hsien Ho, 

 a small tributary. Many small villages are passed en route, including : — 

 Kao-chia-wa (4 miles), Ta-shih-kou (7 miles), Ts'ao-chia-p'o (10 miles), 

 and Huang-chia (13 miles). J6n-sa-ho contains about 25 families. 



Stage 8. Ku-yiian Chou (13^ miles). General Direction : N.W. 



A good mule-road still ascends the left bank of the Chien-tsai Ho 

 to the head of the valley at 8 miles, and, traversing the Hua-mao Pass, 

 descends the valley of a small tributary of the Ku-yiian Ho, reaching 

 the main river a mile below Ku-yiian Chou. The following villages 

 are passed: — Liu-chia-wa (2 miles), Ta-ho-tien (3 miles), Liu-chia-yao 

 (6 miles), Wang-chia-hsin (7 miles), and Ching-shih-hsiang (12 miles). 

 Ku-yiian Chou is a prosperous commercial town of about 5000 

 inhabitants. There is a telegraph office here, and lines run N. to Ning- 

 hsia Fu, S.E. to Hsi-an Fu, with offices en route at P'ing-liang Fu and 

 Chin Chou, and W. to Lan-chou Fu. 



There is also a Postal Agency (Kuyiian). 



ITINERARY No. 6. 



Ku-yiian Chou to Ching-ning Chou (vid the Hai-tzii Pass). 



Distance, 58 miles; 3 stages. 



A good cart-road throughout with easy gradients. The telegraph line 

 from Ku-yiian to Lan-chou follows this road. 



Stage I. Hsiao-ch'^ng (17 miles). General Direction : S.W. 



A good mule-road, fit for carts, ascends S.W. easily over a plain, 

 passing Yang-fang (3 miles) and Mao-chia-lao (5 miles), and reaching 

 the edge of the plain at K'ou-chia (8 miles) crosses a small ridge and 

 descends to the valley of a streamlet, up which it ascends fairly easily 

 in a S. direction. Passing Hai-tzii-ho (11 miles), and Ta-wa-tien (14 

 miles), the road just beyond the latter village traverses the Hai-tzii 

 Pass, 1700 feet above Ku-yiian, penetrating the Liu-p'an Shan range at 



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