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Stage 3. Huang-t'u-tsai (24 miles), General direction : 

 South. After traversing plain for three miles 

 (cross muddy river bed), an ascent is made 

 and a low pass crossed. Subsequently road 

 follows through Loess country sunken roads) 

 to Huang-t'u-tsai. Heavy cart traffic and many 

 inns along the road. 



Stage 4. T'ai-yuan Fu (15 miles), General direction : 

 S. The cart road continues down the dry 

 stream bed, finally reaching the T'ai-yuan Fu 

 plain. Road good except in rainy season. 



ITINERARY No. 6. 



T'ai-yuan Fu to Ning-wu Fu (via Tsing-lo Hsien). 

 Distance, 106 miles; 6 stages. 



Stage 1. Pei-pan (12 miles). General direction : 

 N.W. Cart road lies over the plain to this 

 village. Good all the year except in the rainy 

 season. Two or three inns at this village. 



Stage 2. Pei-hsiao-tein-tzu (20 miles). General direc- 

 tion : N.W. Road follows up stony river 

 bed to Kuan-k'ou (3 miles), then enters deep 

 gorge in mountain. There is a path up side 

 and along the top of the gorge. This is easier 

 going than the gorge bottom. 10 miles further 

 to Ling-ching, the mid-day halt. Still continue 

 up gorge, now more open, to Pei-hsiao-tien. 

 Good inns. 



Stage 3. Tsing-lo Hsien (27 miles). General direc- 

 tion : N.W. Shortly after leaving Pei-hsiao- 

 tein two high passes must be crossed. The 

 road then descends down stony river bed to 

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