. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. w causeway, one of our mule litters containing acook was overturned into the ditch, and remained literallyupside down with the eight legs of the two mules pointingskywards for some time, till they were hauled out in thatposition, no damage being done; Ho Chou (new name Taoho Hsien) is a pleasant littlecity lying in a most delightful valley plain, from five to sixthousand feet above the sea, sheltered by high mountains,and as fertile as a garden. The mountains to the west andso
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. w causeway, one of our mule litters containing acook was overturned into the ditch, and remained literallyupside down with the eight legs of the two mules pointingskywards for some time, till they were hauled out in thatposition, no damage being done; Ho Chou (new name Taoho Hsien) is a pleasant littlecity lying in a most delightful valley plain, from five to sixthousand feet above the sea, sheltered by high mountains,and as fertile as a garden. The mountains to the west andsouth-west (Taitzu Shan) are very bold and rocky, andcarried a good deal of snow at the time of our visit (middleof July). Ho Chou itself consists of a small Chinese townwith large and busy Mahomedan suburbs, containing manyfine mosques and seminaries. It is the centre of Mahomedanpower and influence in the province, and General Ma An-liang, who actually lives a days journey or so away near theYellow River, has a fine residence in the suburb. TheChinese magistrate in the city seems to have little to do PLATE XXXIII. TIBETAN VILLAGERS NEAR KACHIA SSU
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