FU-LIN 12H 



from which phice their successors were to be sent on 

 to me. 



June 28. — Made a start at 6 a.m. The road de- 

 scended all the morning until Fu-lin was entered at 

 noon. This is a curiously situated place, being built 

 upon a low-lying plateau close to the Tung Eiver. 

 Several streams join it here, and between them are 

 high barren ranges of hills, the plateau in its lowest 

 parts bearing the most unmistakable signs of being 

 frequently flooded, as it is covered with water-worn 

 pebbles. 



Fu-liu is an important place, and does a con- 

 siderable trade in wheat, barley, Indian corn, and 

 millet. Flour of excellent quality is produced, and 

 very fine pears are grown, suitable only for cooking 

 purposes. Apples and peaches, bringalls and potatoes, 

 are also sold here in large quantities. The town is very 

 thickly populated and the inhabitants most inhospitable. 

 I was unfortunately without my guard, and in con- 

 sequence I was not even allowed to sit down and rest 

 in the town at an inn, so there was nothing but to march 

 tlirough and have our midday halt and meal under a 

 tree outside the boundary. It is a very hot place, 

 having high hills to the north. Arrived at Tang-chia- 

 pa at G P.M. and tried to hire horses to carry us to 

 Ta-tsien-lu, as the marching over such rough roads 



