of about 3000 inhabitants, on the left bank of the An-ting Ho. There 

 is a telegraph office here and a Postal Agency (Anting Kan). 



Stagey. Ch'6ng-k'ou-yi (i6| miles). General Direction : N.N.W. 



Crossing by a bridge to the right bank of the An-ting Ho, a good level 

 mule-road descends the river northwards, passing Wu-li-p'u (2 miles), 

 Shih-pa-li-p'u (4 miles), and several other prosperous villages. At 12 

 miles the road leaves the main stream and strikes W. up a small 

 tributary, passing Ch'a-k'ou (13 miles), and Liao-chia-p'ing (15^ miles), 

 Ch'6ng-k'ou-yi has a population of about 200 and an official rest-house, 

 but the inns are poor. 



Stage 8. Kan-tsao-tien (14 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



The road, which is rough in places, ascends the stream for i| miles, 

 and then strikes N.W. up the hillside for 4 miles, passing Tuan-chia-yao 

 (2 miles), Fa-niu-p'o (3I miles), Chin-chia-chuan (5 miles), and Hsien- 

 tzu-shang (7 miles). Just beyond the last-named, it traverses a low 

 pass (8050 ft.), and runs level along the ridge to a mile beyond Ta-wan- 

 lou (8 miles), where it begins to descend to the well-cultivated valley of 

 a tributary of the Yellow River, and passing Pai-t'u-yao at ii|^ miles, 

 reaches Kan-tsao-tien, a prosperous village on the left bank of the 

 stream, containing many inns, and enjoying a considerable trade with 

 Lan-chou Fu. 



Stage 9. Ta'i-ya-p'u (16 miles). General Direction : N.N.W. 



A good mule-road continues to descend the left bank of the stream, 

 through a well-cultivated valley, passing Shan-tung-ying at i^ miles, 

 and Ch'ing-shui-yi at 6J miles. At Hsu-chia-t'ai (10 miles) a road 

 goes S.W. to Chin Hsien, 8 miles distant, via Shuang-tien. The route 

 continues to descend the left bank, crossing a small spur and tributary 

 at II miles, and passing Hsia-kuan-ying at 15 miles, crosses to the 

 right bank of the stream at T'ai-ya-p'u. 



Stage ID. Sang-yiian (15 miles). General Direction : N.W. 



A good mule-road continues to descend the right bank of the 

 stream, passing Yiieh-chia-lao at 4 J miles, and Cliin-chia-yai at 6 miles, 

 and crossing to the left bank of the stream at 8J miles. Passing 

 Hsiao-shui-tzu at 13 miles, the road at 14 miles reaches the Yellow 

 River where it joins a route coming in from the N.E. from Ching-yiian 

 Hsien. The road now skirts the right bank of the river to the village. 



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