. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. I\\\ t i % - l«Vu\.- 4t\ a THE GODDESS OF MERCY HALL 245 of time in order that the distinguished visitorsmight not be detained. We waited only a few momentsfor the old watchman to bring the huge rusty keysand unlock the gate. One old cannon lay by the streetside and opposite were paper horses for sale. Whenthey are burnt the spirits of the dead will have some-thing to ride on in spook-land. We crossed a stone bridge and passed throughvillages which are only a shadow of their former
. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. I\\\ t i % - l«Vu\.- 4t\ a THE GODDESS OF MERCY HALL 245 of time in order that the distinguished visitorsmight not be detained. We waited only a few momentsfor the old watchman to bring the huge rusty keysand unlock the gate. One old cannon lay by the streetside and opposite were paper horses for sale. Whenthey are burnt the spirits of the dead will have some-thing to ride on in spook-land. We crossed a stone bridge and passed throughvillages which are only a shadow of their former sizeand prosperity. Everything was very quiet, nobodybeing up but the gods, and these were pasted up. Asingle pagoda stands on the south side of the city tolook after the prosperity from that quarter. The roadall the way to Hsiakwan, a distance of thirty li, ispaved with stone ten feet wide, and is the straightestI have seen in China. The boss coolie told me thatthe Moslems did this work, and it was probably true,for they are not disturbed by vindictive spirits whodespise straight roads. When near the tree of t
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