1250 
THROUGH ASIA 
To San-yueh-fing 
• Hi 
miles 
„ Camp No. III. 
. i6i 
Bao-yeh-ching 
. 16 
jj 
.. Camp No. V. 
. 21 
M 
„ Khara-moreh 
. 8i 
JJ 
„ Borot-chitteh 
• 13 
„ Camp No. VIII. . 
• IS 
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,, Da-ya-kheh 
. 20 
„ 
„ Shwan-shin-gun 
• i/i 
„ Wa-ta-shian 
• i 3 f 
5 ) 
„ Ho-jeh-to . 
21 
„ Ha-ching-yo-tsa 
16 
„ Bao-to 
• 7 l 
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Or in all 267 miles in eighteen days. 
I started on January 2isti and was accompanied a 
portion of my first day’s journey by the missionaries. The 
first four days we passed through a string of villages, all 
standing beside irrigation -canals led from the Yellow 
River. I still had the nine camels which conveyed me 
and my belongings all the way from Liang-chow-fu. We 
crossed the Hwang-ho at Shi-tsueh-tsa, on ice so strong 
that it never once cracked under the weight of the heavy 
camels. The river was 374 yards wide, and when we 
were in the middle of it appeared to be of vast size ; but 
it flowed through an extremely desolate and barren region. 
For some distance the right bank was bordered by a low 
chain of hills, the summit of which afforded an unbounded 
view towards the east. 
Our very first stop in Ordos was made in a howling 
wilderness, where there was no well and not a drop of 
water to be had ; only fortunately we had taken the 
advice of our Dungan guide, and brought two or three 
sacks of river ice with us. At nearly every other halting- 
station however there was a well of excellent water ; the 
wells being bricked round and very deep. For instance, 
on January 28th we rested at the well of Bao-yeh-ching, 
134 feet deep, which contained water with a temperature 
of 42°3 Fahr. (5°7 C.), though it was no doubt cooled 
a trifle during the long process of being hauled to the 
surface. Certain Mongols, who were also staying the 
