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any trouble, and the ascent of the pass Tai-hsiang-Ung- 

 kwan, 9,270 feet above the sea, was made. From the 

 top of the pass there is a fine view of the snowy ranges 

 to the westward. Ching-chi-hsien, at an elevation of 

 4,750 feet, was seen down below, and reached in the 

 evening. It is notorious for high winds, and on this 

 occasion its character was well kept up, for it blew a 

 gale and was a particularly stormy night. I found a 

 good inn, and the officials were civil. 



On April 23, after a very fatiguing march over bad 

 and stony roads on a very hot day, I reached Ni-tou in 

 the evening. This place lies at the head of a very deep 

 and stony ravine. The ground is much cut up by small 

 watercourses, which occur in great numbers, leading 

 off the slopes of the mountains into the ravine. In spite 

 of the stony nature of the surface there is much veo-eta- 

 tion, and I subsequently had a collector here. I joined 

 the road traversed the previous year at Fu-chuang. 

 The Fei-yueh-ling Pass was reached at 2.30 the next 

 day, and at the summit I found a very fine mauve 

 primula in bloom. I reached Hua-lin-ping in the even- 

 ing and stopped for the night. 



Lu-ting-chiao was passed through on April 25, 

 and I went on to Cha-pa, where I was most kindly 

 received again by the missionaries, with whom I stayed 

 for the night. It was a hard and dangerous march, the 



