From Tiehlinssu, commenced the return half of the journey, the days' marches being firstly directed towards the north east inthe direction of Huailai, well known in Peking as 8 good shooting ground for geese in the migrating seasons. From. then the road lies ina southerly direction.
Passing through lovely wooded valleys and flower covered hill Saas sale wi odic again a. temple crowned hill which marked on maps as being 2220 metres high. "The road lay through country that would be a botanist's delight, Here at the summit of the climb I found Albin flowers of rare beauty. Game, especially pheasant, was abundant from. the time we Started to climb out of the lower valleys," said Mr. Petersen.
Then came the actual beginning of the return. journey, with a gradual ascent through country graced with all the glory of Spring, past the head. waters of the Liuliho, past the places better known to Peking residents, for they He just past the rest of the ranges of the city's coronet Jot hills, down the Hui! Valley march-{ng all along through scenery of quiet beauty, down to the easy and dusty slopes,' down to Changsintien, a station on the Peking-Hankow railway.
'This is briefly the tale of the trip that was taken' by 'Mr. Petersen. Tt [provides an attraction that is as varied fs it is beautiful. For those anxious explore the hinterland of China, here is country practically unknown to the foreign' traveller. For those to whom the hills call, here is country that is but mountain' and valley. To. the sportsman it is territory that has. been untrodden by the mob. Here is country that can be worked by man and dog.
Good shooting and. hard going.
country that Is peaceful. and Lis inhabitants are hospitable. The cost of travel is so low, that the writer hesitates to record It, lest word get back that It should be increased.
Ten cents will work wonders: twenty cents makes the giver look Uke a prince, whilst a. dollar will provide all the accommodation that is needed for traveller, companions, and animals. It sounds too good to be true, but there it is. all within a hut dred odd miles of Peking. For those who are interested, reference to Mr. Lewisohn's guide to the Western Hill, will show much of the road followed, and in any case the country is such that deviations from the journey out lined can be accomplished easily with the assistance of a guide such as can bbe obtained here in Peking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.