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railway zone and mainly located in the T'sing-hang pass. The Shansi-Chili border was at that time heavily guarded by soldiers. When the train approached the territory of Shansi, we were closely examined as to our purpose of this visit by the various government agents. But on the whole, they were very courteous. We were not at all detained. 

We] spent the whole day of February 8th in [[strikethrough]]calling[[/strikethrough]] making calls and purchasing equipments. When I left Peking, I brought a large number of letters of introduction to the [[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]] Governor and the various officers of influence in Shansi. Among these [[strikethrough]]there[/strikethrough]] was one written by Mr. Liang Ch'i-[[strikethrough]]C[[/strikethrough]]ch'ao, now [[strikethrough]]the[[/strikethrough]] senior professor of the Tsing Hus Research Institute. Similar to many other letters, this one explained the purpose of my visit [[strikethrough]]and[[/strikethrough]] and the necessity of archaeological work at present. [All these had a very salutary effect.] The [[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]]Governor, however, was too much occupied with matters of greater importance to see us; [[strikethrough]]B[[/strikethrough]] but we succeeded in having an interview with his secretary, who, on behalf of the [[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]]Governor, promised us all the help[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]]that[[/strikethrough]] we asked. These promises were well fulfilled [[strikethrough]]out[[/strikethrough]] later on.

[We hurried off T'ai-yüan for two reasons. First the interview with the official party was speedily and successfully concluded, there remained no material reason why we should tarry at the capital of the province any longer. Secondly, the Chinese New Year was fast approaching; if we should delay our departure for the south a little longer, we may be unable to hire any cart. The inland people are still religiously observing the New Year Festival according to the lunar calendar. We were told that no amount of money could make them work during the New Year's time. 

There are regular cart and mule stations for different places in the city. Those for the south are located inside the southern gate. We bargained quite a while before we got a cart. The journey was started in the early morning of February 9. As soon as we