The mystic flowery land; a personal narrative . ?Ji 5. d HOIHOW AND ^(3^, biiniboo, palm, ami other tropical vegetation enlivening tlu- wayon either side. Then suddenly emerging from this shady avenuf,yoii see the picturesque, creeper-covered walls of Kiungcliow-cddand magnificent, breathing an air of thought-inspiring antiquity-which are said to have been built over a thousand years are about 45ft, or 50ft. high, and so broad that we usedto ramble and ride four or five abreast on their battlenient,s,looking down on one side upon the little city, nestlingamo
The mystic flowery land; a personal narrative . ?Ji 5. d HOIHOW AND ^(3^, biiniboo, palm, ami other tropical vegetation enlivening tlu- wayon either side. Then suddenly emerging from this shady avenuf,yoii see the picturesque, creeper-covered walls of Kiungcliow-cddand magnificent, breathing an air of thought-inspiring antiquity-which are said to have been built over a thousand years are about 45ft, or 50ft. high, and so broad that we usedto ramble and ride four or five abreast on their battlenient,s,looking down on one side upon the little city, nestlingamong the broad green trees in the wall-encircled valley below;and on the other, out upon a surpassingly beautiful landscape,with here and there a pagoda, and far aWay the glittering indeed, feels far away there, as if living in the days of old. When I left HoihoAv and went to stay Avith the missionaries inKiungchoAv, I told the chair-coolies I Avished to go to yeh-sonCanTs (Missionary McCandliss). Nodding an assent, they startedaway at a swingi
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