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Across Asia : vol.1 |
View from the foot of Hwai shan. |
C. G. MANNERHEIM
View from the fool of Hwai shah. |
red, of the poppy-fields. Apparently far more poppies are grown in the Weinan and Hwachow districts than in the immediate neighbourhood of Si-an-fu.
Once more the road led us over a centuries-old stone bridge, under which a small, low-lying river flowed. On the E of it the road was slightly marshy for a couple of short stretches and must be rather difficult after heavy rain. Throughout almost the whole journey it ran between two rows of tall, shady trees. — After 50 li we passed the town of Hwachow, embedded in verdure. Judging by the shops and stands, basket-work and roughly glazed clay vessels must be a speciality produced in the place. We had to cross many well-built, broad stone bridges over dug canals before we reached the village of Hwai miao after a journey of 120-125 1i.
During the journey we passed the following villages: (the distance reckoned from Weinan): 7 li Tsahutserh with 10 houses; io li Shih-li-pu with 7; 15 li Hsing tserh with 20; 20 li Che shui cheng with 18o; 25 li Tsao chia pu with 50; 35 li Shihyn-li-pu with 5; and 50 li the town of Hwachow.
(Distance from Hwachow): io li Luo meng cho with 35 houses; 15 li Liang hua sy with 5; 20 li Liutzu with 20; 30 li Thai thu with 1,000, (of which only a small group close to the road); 40 li Fushui with 50 on a small river of the same name; 5o li Yu-shih-li-pu with 5; 6o li Hsie chow with 4; 70 li Hwai hsien; and 75 li Hwai miao.
The same plants are grown here as at Weinan. The average crop, however, is said to be only 7-8 fold, owing to the scarcity of rain. The neighbourhood is said to be rich in fruit.
May 17th. S or, perhaps, SSW of Hwai miao a dark group of 3 steep peaks rises from the adjacent
Nanfeng chain of mountains. Their sides, falling perpendicularly at times, and their rugged outlines temple. can be seen by any traveller a few dozen miles before reaching Hwai miao. It is impos-
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