ITINERARIES 



ITINERARY No. 1. 



T'ai-yuan Fu to Sui-te Chou (via Fen-chou Fu). 



Distance, 180 miles ; 9 stages. 

 There is a cart road as far as Fen-chou Fu, which is 

 good in winter but sometimes impassable in the rainy 

 season. From Fen-chou Fu, only mule traffic is possible. 



Stage 1, Chin-esu (15 miles). General direction : 

 S.W. Traverse level plain, crossing Fen Ho 

 (by bridge in winter, ford or ferry in summer) 

 two miles S.W. of T'ai-yuan Fu. Pass through 

 low-lying fields to base of hills, where the 

 road becomes rocky. Good inn at Chin-ssii, 

 and fine old temple. 

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