Travels in north and central China . e cultivated slopes, the warm redsoil and the autumn vegetation, backed by themountain range we had come through, were pleasantto look upon, while the river, full of life with itsascending and descending craft, and the air full ofthe shouts and songs of the oarsmen and trackers,filled us with delight. Superb gorges opened outon the right bank, running into the heart of themountains, which were often crowned with gloriousrock bastions, now and again tree-fringed. Thiscombination of inhabited, cultivated ground, backedby natures own efforts, is to me always m
Travels in north and central China . e cultivated slopes, the warm redsoil and the autumn vegetation, backed by themountain range we had come through, were pleasantto look upon, while the river, full of life with itsascending and descending craft, and the air full ofthe shouts and songs of the oarsmen and trackers,filled us with delight. Superb gorges opened outon the right bank, running into the heart of themountains, which were often crowned with gloriousrock bastions, now and again tree-fringed. Thiscombination of inhabited, cultivated ground, backedby natures own efforts, is to me always morepleasant than the savage grandeur of the gorgesthemselves. Our walk lay along the famous road(or path) on the hillside, winding in and out of the WU-SHAN TO WAN-HSIEN. 139 ravines, and we passed many picturesque thatchedfarmhouses and hamlets. At one we saw bothbanana and cactus plants ; bamboos and loquatswere frequent, as were oranges and a sort of combi-nation citron and lemon. We brought up for the night just behind a reef of.
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