1 was a correct décison, for the weather: was fine te next' morning the Jas we skidded. through the malt street of Proc which I Tot. without the slightest Yeclings of ogres fine ood that ems, from hers on {othe plateau and' joins. the old Eanchow highroad at Fenghsiang wae remarkably good condition and tae stected by "the "heavy ain, But from there onthe road was er sible condition and''can hardly be called a motor road at perhaps for statistical purposes. /was very badly cut up and does not seem to have been repaired" for Jages, probably not since it was built fey Gen Feng Yuchslang's army.a dozen years or more ago:
Along this apology for a road we bumped and floundered all the morn-Ing. And on this road, for the rst and only time, the car got bogged: Having hurt my hand in the door, 1 let the mechanic take the whee while I bandaged it, whereupon he Joromptly ran the car into a mud /swamp which could have been easily Javolded, if he had gone dead slow. HWe were, however, aot stuck for long, for'a bevy of peasants "came past on their way to the next mai ket-town, who were induced by the offer of $1 to push and haul the ear Jout. Unfortunately, T had no small Inioney on me and had to give them dollar note, the division of which led to a violent dispute ending In [flows; and the last glimpse T caught was of a general. melee taking, place in the middle of the road, T did not feel it incumbent, however, Jon me to stop and make the peace, God of Agriculture Early in the afternoon we passed through the busy town of Wukung. where there is a large school of agriculture and forestry, Seeing that it Hesin the plain, and not a particularly fertile. one at that, It was not clear to me why, this place should have been chosen' for such fan establishment, until T learnt that according to tradition Wukung is the birthplace of the God of Agriculture who has a large temple in the city. From -here on the road surface be Jcome somewhat better, nor had It been raining beyond here.
The only other Important town on the road is Hslenyang on the left bank of the Wel River. It appears 0 be a growing place to judge {rom the numerous large modern factory eulldings we saw round the railway station. We crossed the river by a very long narrow, out-way bridge, the tame being controlled by flag Jsignals from either end. The rollo jway bridge was being rebuilt, the former one having been washed away. An easy hour's run brought jus from. there to. Glan whic T
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