an.

The occasion was marked by all the foolish ardor one finds among college
boys at home, and it seems that, despite the enormous amount of money
the college is costing to run, the students are somewhat out of
hand.--E.J.D.]

SECOND JOURNEY

YUeN-NAN-FU TO TALI-FU (VIA CH'U-HSIONG-FU)

CHAPTER XV.

_Stages to Tali-fu_. _Worst roads yet experienced_. _Stampede among
ponies_. _Hybrid crowd at Anning-cheo_. _Simplicity of life of common
people_. _Does China want the foreigner? Straits Settlements and China
Proper compared_. _China's aspect of her own position_. _Renaissance of
Chinese military power_. _Europeans_ NOT _wanted in the Empire_.
_Emptiness of the lives of the common people_. _Author erects a printing
machine in Inland China_. _National conceit_. _Differences in make-up of
the Hua Miao and the Han Ren_. _The Hua Miao and what they are doing_.
_Emancipation of their women_. _Tribute to Protestant missionaries_.
_Betrothal and marriage in China_. _Miao women lead a life of shame and
misery_. _Crude ideas among Chinese regarding age of foreigners_. _Musty
man and dusty traveller at Lao-ya-kwan_. _Intense cold_. _Salt trade_.
_Parklike scenery, pleasant travel, solitude._

From the figures of heights appearing below, one would imagine that
between the capital and Tali-fu hard climbing is absent. But during each
stage, with the exception of the journey from Sei-tze to Sha-chiao-kai,
there is considerable fatiguing uphill and downhill work, each evening
bringing one to approximately the same level as that from which he
started his morning tramp. I went by the following route:--

Length of Height
stage above sea
1st day--Anning-cheo 70 li 6,300 ft.
2nd day--Lao-ya-kwan 70 li 6,800 ft.
3rd day--Lu-feng-hsien 75 li 5,500 ft.
4th day--Sei-tze 80 li 6,100 ft.
5th day--Kwang-tung-hsien 60 li 6,300 ft.
6th day--Rest day.
7th day--Ch'u-hsiong-fu 70 li 6,150 ft.
8th day--Luho-kai 60 li 6,000 ft.
9th day--Sha-chiao-kai 65 li 6,400 ft.
10th day--Pu-peng 90 li 7,200 ft.
11th day--Yuen-nan-i 65 li 6,800 ft.
12th day--Hungay 80 li 6,000 ft.