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CHAPTER IX 
WA-SHAN TO TA-TSIEN-LU 
Decide to visit Ta-tsien-lu—Preparations for journey—Coolies’ loads—So- 
i-ling Pass—Huang-mu-chang—Pére Martin—Chin-ki-za—Fu-lin— 
Its trade and produce—Inhospitality—Trouble about horses and coolies 
—FProcure mules but lose them at Ni-tou—Fei-yueh-ling Pass—Pines 
and rhododendrons—Magnificent view—Dirt and discomfort at Leng- 
chi—Valley of the Tung River—Suspension bridge at Lu-ting-chiao— 
Cha-pa—Welcomed by missionaries—A flood in a watercourse—Bad 
road—Ruined houses—The Tung in flood—Traffic on the road— 
Fruit at Wa-ssu—Road to Ta-tsien-lu—Zones of vegetation—Single 
rope bridge—Arrival at Ta-tsien-lu—Kindness of Bishop Biet. 
My collectors were now well up to their duties, and 
quite able, I thought, to complete such work as might 
be done here without my personal supervision. I 
therefore decided upon changing my original plan of 
stopping here all the summer and, leaving them and 
the collections already made behind, to advance to 
Ta-tsien-lu. The botanical collector was left in charge, 
and I found that thirty men were to be put under him, 
these being told off for such stations as I considered 
most promising. 
On June 25 my last preparations were made by 
sending letters down to Kia-ting-fu, and packing up all 
