Letters from the Far East . rger temple; and living herein seclusion we found a Buddhist priest. Shut awayfrom the world, he devotes his time to the worship ofBuddha. He was very kind to us, inviting us to comein and have tea. He also broke off some pink rosesfrom a bush growing by his door, and presented themto us. The view from the mountain is grand. The descent was accomplished with more ease to themen, but less to us; for we had to brace ourselves inour chairs constantly, to keep from being thrown for-ward, out of our chairs. Along the roadside, between the mountain and Can-ton, were crowd
Letters from the Far East . rger temple; and living herein seclusion we found a Buddhist priest. Shut awayfrom the world, he devotes his time to the worship ofBuddha. He was very kind to us, inviting us to comein and have tea. He also broke off some pink rosesfrom a bush growing by his door, and presented themto us. The view from the mountain is grand. The descent was accomplished with more ease to themen, but less to us; for we had to brace ourselves inour chairs constantly, to keep from being thrown for-ward, out of our chairs. Along the roadside, between the mountain and Can-ton, were crowds of beggars of every description, whoran along beside our rickshaws, holding out theirbaskets, and asking for money. One of these brought before us very clearly thescenes in the Bible and of the Great Physician. Theman was a leper. Most of his fingers were gone, andhe ran up to us crying as did the lepers of old, Have ^ w^JB ^?P- ^f^y/i In 1 KM* Wk^T^^ J tw^-rt^ i;3 Wm *^. Resting in Our Chairs on White Cloud Mountain. Graves on White Cloud Mountain, Canton LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST 53 pity. How we longed to be able, as did Jesus, to putforth our hands and heal him. Monday morning, January 21, we went into the cityin company with Major Burgoyne (who had come upto Canton for a few days), Doctor Chambers sonWillie, and Doctor Lung as guide. We visited the oldexecution ground, where so many ghastly scenes hadbeen enacted, though the place is no longer used forthis purpose. They preserve, however, some bonesand skulls in large jars to show as relics. From there,we went to see the old water-clock, said to be thirteenhundred years old; but it was disappointing when wesaw it, after having heard so much regarding it. After this, we visited the Temple of Hell, now some-what dilapidated, but still used for worship, as we sawworshipers even then, bowing low before the burningjoss. There are also many fortune-tellers in thistemple, and in the rear, a restaurant and a theater. Saturday,
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