'That morning we "lazed" til 743) fand then got under way once more. 'A rather instructive incident occur-fed in' Shunan when purchasing. gasoline, The dealer, who also was the bus agent, could not produce 80 cents small change and we therefore abandoned this large sum. Fifteen miles out on the road we were fa ged to a standstill by a bus conduct for whose bus was waiting on the side of the road. Removing his hat. this individual presented us with our 49 cents change—instructions. having been telephoned to him from the bus station at Shunan, An hour after the start we learnt to our disgust from the agent of one of the bus companies that a bridge near Tat had been carried away and that the road consequently was impassable, "Being unbelievers we went fo have a look, "but, alas, the bus agent was no prevaricator. That bridge was down all right. Although the water was very shallow the banks were too steep for the car to take it—that is with any prospect of getting out again—eo we reluctantly turned round for Shunan once more. From there via Tunglu to Hangchow we were on familiar ground and arrived in Hangchow at 4 pin.
By a curious coincidence the speedometer marked exactly 1,000) miles as the car drew to a halt outside the Tiny Hotel, A short interval for tea, during which we put through various telephone calls to Shanghai, and we climed aboard once Minghong was reached at 830 we were met by friends and representative from the Ford Motor: Ca, of Shanghai. complete with the allcnecessary number plates. And so to Shanghai at 9.15.
"From our departure from Shiukuan on Sunday at 6 am. to our arrival in Shanghai at 9.15 pin, on Wednesday, we had taken 3 days and 15 hours, 15 minutes. This included " long stop in Nanchang and our unlucky [detour towards Shunan and the north. The distance covered was exactly 1137" miles, from which it may assumed that If the road from Canton to Shiukwan had been in order, our time from Canton itself would not have been in excess of four days.
The car used was a Ford V-8 ecupé, standard in every way and Jearrying two planks strapped to the rear bumper. No trouble of any sort_was experienced and we arrived Shanghai with undiluted "Hong kong air in all six tyres. Two cups full of water sufficed for the radiator and no all was added,
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