Ningpo to Shanghai in 1857/Sze-tche-sah to Ane-chee
Chu-ko-lo of two or three houses is N.E. about one mile from Che-che-sah—and a little further on Ho-foo-loong of similar size. Ing-ka-loong is the next village, and after that Sac-a-san, both of them exhibiting a good many tidy looking houses—the winding streams among the wood land giving a picturesque character to the route—the flat slabbed and pebbled path way being in excellent condition. From Sac-a-san to a Ding a short distance from San-qua-lee the road takes a sharpish ascent for a for a little distance over steps cut out of the rock. San-qua-lee is a village of 150 families about 10 le from Chung-chow-chune, a hamlet in the suburbs of the district city of Ane-chee.
Ane-chee is not much larger than Haou-foong, but the walls are in better condition, and there are no such wide gaps in them as those told of. The gates are small, not over seven feet square, the houses built principally of wood. But more than half the enclosure is covered with mulberry trees and large pools of water; and the traveller feels repeatedly induced fo put the question—"What on earth can be the use of these walled cities?" Carolus dollars change for 950 cash here, and ten cash pieces are current.