(7 miles), Liu-shu-kou (9 miles), and Yang-chia-wan (11 miles). 

 There is a Postal Agency here (Yenanfu). 



ITINERARY No. 3. 

 Yen-an Fu to Fu Chou (via Kan-ch'vian Hsien). 

 Distance, 48 miles ; 4 stages. General Direction : S. 

 A good mule-road, generally practicable for wheeled transport. 



Stage I. Hsia-ho (12J miles). General Direction : S. 



A good mule-road ascends easily in a S. direction up the valley of 

 a small tributary of the Yen Shui, through a sparsely-populated and 

 poorly cultivated country. The following villages are passed : — Nan- 

 ch'i-li-p'u (2 miles), Shih-li-p'u (4 miles), Kao-mao-shang (7 miles), 

 San-shih-li-p'u (g miles), and Ma-p'u (11 miles). Hsia-ho is at the 

 head of the valley ascended during the march. 



Stage 2. Kan-ch'iian Hsien (14 miles). General Direction : S. by W. 



Crossing a low spur just S. of Hsia-ho, the road descends into the 

 valley of a small tributary of the Le or Lo Ho, through a thinly- 

 populated district. The following villages are passed : — Su-chia-ho 

 (3 miles), Lao-shan (7I miles), Pai-t'u-p'o (10 miles), and Yang-chia- 

 pien (12 miles). Kan-ch'iian Hsien is a walled town, situated on the 

 left bank of the Lo Shui. 



Stage 3. Tao-tso-p'u (10 miles). General Direction : S. 



The road is good and fit for carts, skirting the left bank of the 

 Lo Shui and passing Liu-shu-ying (ij miles), An-chia-p'ing (4 miles), 

 Cheng-chia-wan (7 miles), and San-liu-mao (8^ miles). Tao-tso-p'u is 

 a walled village, formerly of considerable importance, but now con- 

 taining only about 150 families. The Lo Shui is here 10 yards wide 

 and 3 feet deep (in Januar>0, and there is a trestle bridge at the village. 

 Stage 4. Fu Chou (11 miles). General Direction: S. 



A good cart-road continues down the left bank of the Lo Shui, 

 passing the following villages :— Ts'ui-chia-kou (3^ miles), Yu-lin- 

 ch'iao (5 miles). Ma-fang (7 miles), and Ts'a-feng (gj miles). At 

 Ts'a-f6ng a road goes E. to Yi-ch'uan Hsien, up the valley of a 

 small tributary of the Lo Shui. This road is in places too steep 

 for carts. Fu Chou is a clean, prosperous town of about 500 

 families. 



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