. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. TRAIL THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS NEAR KULUPA. APPROACHING KULUPA Ill] FROM HSINGAN TO HANCHUNG 35 palatially lodged in the house of a former provincialgovernor. There are at least three roads from Hsihsiang to Han-chung, via Yang Hsien, Chengku Hsien, and Kuluparespectively. We followed the latter, a three days path runs up the Muma Ho for some 15 li, where thehills close in on the river and bring the valley to an end,and then runs through the hills and along the river to
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. TRAIL THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS NEAR KULUPA. APPROACHING KULUPA Ill] FROM HSINGAN TO HANCHUNG 35 palatially lodged in the house of a former provincialgovernor. There are at least three roads from Hsihsiang to Han-chung, via Yang Hsien, Chengku Hsien, and Kuluparespectively. We followed the latter, a three days path runs up the Muma Ho for some 15 li, where thehills close in on the river and bring the valley to an end,and then runs through the hills and along the river to thevillage of Matsung Tan, 50 li from Hsihsiang and, owingto a small rapid, the head of navigation for small boats onthe Muma Ho, up to this point a placid stream. A littlefurther on the trail leaves the main stream, which here flowsdown from the south, and turns up a small sandy tributaryto the south-west, then turns west through low wooded hillsintersected by rice fields, and then runs north-west up asmall valley to reach the village of Shaho Kan, 25 li fromMatsung Tan. This village lies, as its name implies, in apleasant region of low sandy hills co
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