As usual al} m; for a the t motel roads to be the province and although it is important highway with buses running on it, the road was in a terrible condition, by far the worst we had been on so far, and it took us the whole afternoon to strug its sandy and cut-up surface, not to mention that the car got badly knocked about. The condition of this road does the Honan Towards evening we arrived at the little town of Shangnan where we put up at the bus-station. Here th local militia suddenly evinced a strong desire to examine my baggage: authorities very little credit casson for its having been so neglected is, I suppose. that one can get to Hsüchang by rat, if necessary. by going all the wa: ud and but by that time, in the course of long experience, I was pretty well aware of my rights in the matter, changing at Chengchow I only stayed a day at Kaifeng to Collect the usual vague and mislead-
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