. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. of aforeign interest, the Chinese would for ever remain contentwith the usual villainous mule trail. The first stage from Yao Chou is a short one, called 60 li,to TungkuanHsien,and lies up the valley to ,which,except at one point about half-way where it contracts intoa gorge, is cultivated and bounded by low hills of is a little third class district citv lying at thefoot of the first of the mountain ranges which cross NorthernShensi from to The
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. of aforeign interest, the Chinese would for ever remain contentwith the usual villainous mule trail. The first stage from Yao Chou is a short one, called 60 li,to TungkuanHsien,and lies up the valley to ,which,except at one point about half-way where it contracts intoa gorge, is cultivated and bounded by low hills of is a little third class district citv lying at thefoot of the first of the mountain ranges which cross NorthernShensi from to The next days march is from Tungkuan Hsien toYichiin Hsien, a distance of Ho li. The track runs up thevalley to the north, the loess hills gradually becoming morerocky and less cultivated, for 25 li to the barrier hamlet ofChinso Kuan, where an old wall and fort guard the entranceto a gorge. Here the loess is left behind and scrub-coveredmountains are entered through a winding gorge, which leadsby an easy ascent after three hours march to the hamlet ofLiehchuan, lying on the top of the range at a height of n ATF XIII. ^^ ^... vii^^taM^v ^^F^^ ^Jj^^H 1 •^-]^m % \fiM^^^^|H ^^n^H -^E-fZl-^H AT THE BOTTOM OF A VOF>v< KU 1. W (SI FK\ SHFNSl
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