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Stace 10. Yii-lin Fu (25 miles). General direction : 
N.E. Road very sandy and going very hard, 
otherwise same as preceding stages. Just before 
reaching Yii-lin Fu strike river bed and turn 
S. 4 miles to the city. 
Yii-lin Fu, Latitude (South Gate) 38° 16’ 54”. Longi- 
tude 109° 44’ 59” (Clark). 
ITINERARY No. 3. 
Yi-lin Fu to Pao-té Chou. 
Distance, 136 miles; 5 stages. 
Between these two places there is only a mule track. 
In places where this skirts deep ravines in the loess it 
is rather dangerous. The country is very barren and 
food and fodder are scarce. 
SracE 1. Tuan-ch’iang (20 miles). General direction : 
N. Sandy road all day. Hard going. Midday 
halt at Chang-lo-pu. Deep loess gullies make 
road rather dangerous towards end of day’s 
journey. Tuan-ch’iang is an inn; there are 
no others. 
Stace 2. Kao-chia-pu (23 miles). General direc- 
tion: N.E. First part of road dangerous 
owing to treacherous path along deep loess 
ravines. The road crosses the Wall and 
makes detour into sandy desert. Midday halt 
at T’uoh-nieh-tzi-kou. Road follows stream 
from here eastwa.d to Kao-chia-pu, inside the 
Wall. Good inns. 
Stace 3. Shén-mu Hsien (33 miles). General direc- 
tion: N.E. Road less dangerous, though still 
sandy and tedious. It follows stream bed, 
ascending hill to Pei-li-pu, descending other 
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