Kushan, Fukien, on the road from Hangchow to Foochow. les nestled 1A hills 3000 feet high. tou and other food were brought to the bus for sale and we did not start from here until 1230, Crossing Provinelat Border A few minutes later we reached fork in the stream that we were following and noticed that we were Jonce more on an upgrade. Then idose to Fengling (Wind Pass) at 1250 we crossed: into Fukien, the Jonly "indication thereof being a Jwooden sign beside the road giving} this information, Our climb was now becoming once more steep and dim cult. Again and again we turned at almost right Jongles and it was possible to look up the mountain side and see four or five stretche, of the road one right above another. Here the road was Not cut onl of rock as in the Changed Dragon Pass, but was more largely a dirt road and in much more danger of washing down in fneavy rains. These mountains are well supplied with water, and part! of the engineering problem yet {o Joe solved is the control of the little streamlets go that when they become Jswollen they do not pour their dis-Jastrous waters into the motor road.
Some of the sharp turns were protected by stone parapets, others. Dainted fences, while yet others Offered sheer drops off into unmeastured depths o any car that should Jeet out of hand. As in the ascent Jot the first pass there was one} [station stop on the way up Wuhsienling, where we paused at one o'clock. [Twenty minutes later we reached ithe top of thie second" pass. The new back was similar to that for-wald from the summit of the est ass. Thus it appeared that the: [Provincial boundary here lies in a valley protected on each side by a precipitate mountain range, All along through, these passes the growth of trees was abundant "and varied. But also a great amount oft laborious terracing for rice-fields had been carried out right up through the narrowest part of the valleys almost to the top of the pass.
(To be continued next week)
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