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Show Rocky Roads of China. Wo all know tho description of the enakes In Ireland: "Thoro nro none," and much tho Bnmo might bo said about tho ronda In China. There are no-called roads, certainly, upon which tho peoplo movo about, but I have Boldom met 0110 tlint was an; better than tho surrounding country, and very, very often on this Journey I met roads where It was caso and luxury lux-ury to movo off them on to tho neighboring neigh-boring plowed Hold. Tho recipe for a road thero In thu North seems to bo: "Tako a pleco of tho country that Is really too bad to plow or to use for any agricultural purposes whatever, what-ever, that a mountain torrent, In fnct, has given up as too much for tho water, upset a stone wall over It, n stone wall with good largo stones In It, tako caro they never for a moment Ho ovenly, and you have your road. Wide World Magazine. |