Shop sign for a small inn

Through the Great Hsia. Entrance to our Moslem inn at Lao Hwa Cheng. Here old cart road from Pienfan connected with Sining R. Valley. HUC traveled the cart road.

In the Great Hsia. Exterior [of inn]. A private recitation of the Koran in Arabic by Dr. Z..

Through the Great Hsia. After a good Sunday tiffin in Nienpai. The inevitable Moslem sign over Dr. Z.'s head.

Through the Great Hsia. Our inn at Kao Tsz with Mr. Harris ever in action.

Through the Great Hsia. Enterance [sic] to our Moslem inn at Lao Hwa Cheng. Here old cart road from Pienfan connected with Sining R. Valley. HUC traveled the cart road.

In the Great Hsia. Interior of inn where we had tiffin. Our Moslem poster under local competition.

Tsinghai. Packing up after 'ta chien' at Lo T'o P'u. 'Canon Streeter' and his lackey.

Tsinghai. Shantszing in to an inn at Hsia Ko. The next morning we crossed this pass at 11,250 ft.

Lanchow to Shincheng. Our inn and caravan in Shincheng.

Tang Wan Ch'uan. From our kang door. The courtyard.

Tang Wan Ch'uan. The main street. Sign of our inn at top right. Our innkeeper with the beard.

Preparing to leave the inn

Yu Wang. South Gate with snow-covered Lo Shan in background. Our inn in foreground.

On the road from Lungchow. Leaving our inn at noon.

On the road to Pingliang. Leaving our inn - Hua T'ing.

Along the old Silk Road to Europe. Through the inn door.

Up from Kuyuan. Inn yard Chen T'ing P'u.

On the border of the Odos Desert. The inn at Pe T'a Suei.

Crossing an arm of the Gobi, the Alashan Desert. We passed one inn only in all day travel.