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After several hours travel in this fashion, we finally arrived at Cheung Sha Village which was set in the centre of an extensive area, and which appeared to me to be ideal for both agricultural and residential settle ment. The photograph of this village, which is illustrat- ed on page 8, was taken from a knoll about fifty feet above sea level, and as can be seen, the ground slopes away and up from the vantage point to form as desirable a building area as can be imagined.
Beyond Cheung Sha Village, towards Tong Fuk, two perennial streams were surveyed. At this point, too, we crossed two magnificent beaches the strands of which were covered with the finest, whitest sand, stretching for hundreds of yards along the shore.
By the time the streams in the vicinity had been surveyed, we discovered that it was after two o'clock and that it would be impossible for us to make our way over the path we had come and reach Silver Mine Bay in time to catch the ferry. We therefore negotiated with the villagers at Cheung Sha for a sampan to take us across
to Cheung Chau Island in order to catch the ferry which left there about four o'clock. When the arrangements had been made, it was with a sigh of relief that we settled ourselves in the sampan, as, by this time, we realized how tired we were and what an ordeal the long overland hike would have been.
As the sampan gradually drew away from the island and details receded into the distance, the topographical aspect appeared to change and I once more found myself wondering at its apparent uninviting prospect.
However, with the memory of our itinerary, the valley passes we had climbed and descended, the extensive paddi fields we had plodded across, the rocky promon- tories we had scrambled over, the acres upon acres of rolling grassy downs we had skirted, the stretches of fine, sandy beaches we had encountered, no doubt was left in my mind that the island had possibilities, and that under the right sort of development it could very easily and very comfortably provide for many thousands of people.
Views of two beaches near Cheung Sha Village. The beaches on the Island are amongst the best in the Colony.
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