CHAPTER V 



JOURNEY TO K'UEI-HUA-CH'£NG : THE 

 T'AI HAI 



ARRIVED at Kalgan, we were delayed some 

 days, owing to the usual bother in hiring 

 carts. It happened that Brodie and Schroder 

 had been ordered to proceed to K'uei-hua-ch'eng 

 on business, so we decided to travel together. 

 Carts were finally secured and sent on to Yang- 

 kao, the present terminus of the Chang-sui Ex- 

 tension of the Peking-Kalgan Railway. 



On April 29 we took train at Kalgan, and, 

 after about six hours' journey, reached Yang-kao, 

 where we found our carts awaiting us. The 

 Chang-sui Extension line runs in a general south- 

 westerly direction from Kalgan, and is intended 

 ultimately to extend as far as K'uei-hua-ch'eng, 

 and the Yellow River, probably at He-k'ou. 



From here it is intended to have a steamboat 

 service to Lan-chou Fu. Already a light-draught, 

 stern-wheel steamer has been built and launched 

 upon this section of the river. If this enterprise 

 succeeds, as it should do, the long journey from 



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