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all the way. Poor inns at Hsi-wan-tzii. Catho- 
lie Mission has a large establishment. 
ITINERARY No. 8. 
Yang-kao to K’uei-hua-ch’éng. 
Distance, Southern route, 127 miles; 6 stages; Northern 
route, 133 miles; 7 stages. 
This journey is a comparatively easy one. There 
isa cart road allthe way. From T’ien-ch’éng-ts’uen there 
are two routes ; one south and one north of the Tai Hai. 
The northern is perhaps the easiest. 
Stace 1. Kuan-t’ung-pu (20 miles). General direc- 
tion: West. The road first crosses three 
miles of plain (northward). It then enters 
a winding stony gorge going westward, and 
crossing low ridge at its head follows a wide 
valley. Crossing a low loess plateau in N.W. 
direction it finally reaches Kuang-t’ung-pu. 
Good inn. 
Stace 2. Fén-chéng (12 miles). General direc- 
tion: W.N.W. Leaving Kuan-t’ung-pu the 
road climbs on to a broad plateau, which it 
traverses for 8 miles, passing some scattered 
villages the largest of which is called He-ke-ta- 
wan-tzi. The western descent from the plateau 
is very steep and rough. 4 miles up the valley 
to Fén-chéng, which is an important place 
with good inns. 
Stace 3. T’ien-ch’éng-ts’uen (18 miles). General direc- 
tion: W.N.W. The road first crosses a small 
flat plain, somewhat swampy, for 8 miles. It 
then crosses a ridge and reaches Ma-ts’ang- 
liang (5 miles). Following a valley up its 
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