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40 grey sandstone three arched bridge of curved stones, the road way on the top being lined with market stalls. The walls of the city of Foo-yang&mdash;an oblong three or four miles round&mdash;are not in very excellent condition; and in many places are delapidated and covered with verdure. As a place of business, however, neither Dzing nor Sing-chong can compare with Foo-yang for bustle.  A short distance north of the city is a small temple at which a traveller could quarter, and one mile N. by W. is the village of Leong-van-ha.

Thence, two lē W.N.W. is Sing-jow a long village of 1,500 families inhabited principally by straw paper makers. A branch of the Tsien-tang is here crossed by a fine one arched bridge, another branch running to the northward for a distance of 40 or 50 lē. Some excellent peppermint lozenges are procurable here at the cheap rate of a cash each.

From Sing-jow to Kwong-Djean the distance, in a N.W. ly direction,is four miles; though, all around, the plain appears covered with straggling hamlets; the white washed houses, with their step like gables, appearing at a distance like gothic priories. The people of this quarter speak in high terms of the security they enjoy from plunder or attack from free booters. Bee hives are to be seen in this quarter;&mdash;and honey is procurable at a cheap rate. Five lē N. W. from Kwong-Djean is Suchang a village of 200 families, and two miles further on in the same course is Song-jin, a very old fashioned little place, the inhabitants being similarly peculiar.

Five lē N. of Song-jin is Yang-ko-fah a village of 100 families, and 2 lē further on is Cheensoling of 200 families. Thence to Cho-keu, a hamlet of 50 families, is a short couple of lē, and a little over a similar distance is Loo-moe of 200 families. Three miles 