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all the way. Poor inns at Hsi-wan-tzu. Catho- 

 lic Mission has a large establishment. 



ITINERARY No. 8. 



Yang-kao to K'uei-hua-ch'eng. 



Distance, Southern route, 127 miles ; 6 stages ; Northern 



route, 133 miles ; 7 stages. 



This journey is a comparatively easy one. There 

 is a cart road all the way. From T'ien-ch'eng-ts'uen there 

 are two routes ; one south and one north of the Tai Hai. 

 The northern is perhaps the easiest. 



Stage 1. Kuan-t'ung-pu (20 miles). General direc- 

 tion : West. The road first crosses three 

 miles of plain (northward). It then enters 

 a winding stony gorge going westward, and 

 crossing low ridge at its head follows a wide 

 valley. Crossing a low loess plateau in N.W. 

 direction it finally reaches Kuang-t'ung-pu. 

 Good inn. 

 Stage 2. Fen-cheng (12 miles). General direc- 

 tion : W.N.W. Leaving Kuan-t'ung-pu the 

 road climbs on to a broad plateau, which it 

 traverses for 8 miles, passing some scattered 

 villages the largest of which is called He-ke-ta- 

 wan-tzii. The western descent from the plateau 

 is very steep and rough. 4 miles up the valley 

 to Fen-cheng, which is an important place 

 with good inns. 



Stage 3. T'ien-ch'eng-ts'uen (18 miles). General direc- 

 tion : W.N.W. The road first crosses a small 

 flat plain, somewhat swampy, for 3 miles. It 

 then crosses a ridge and reaches Ma-ts'ang- 

 liang (5 miles). Following a valley up its 



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