. In brightest Asia. he old fellow—Sinims emperor — and also of several of his cour-tiers about him, and an old temple of remarkably fine architectural features on the spot. Wedidnt see any of his bones, nor get any locks of his hair, nor a tooth ; but we are sure that thissanctuary marks the burial-place of a monarch older even than Rameses of Egypt — older thanAbraham. Leaving the tomb, we ascended also a famous mountain which overlooks the spot, — one ofmyriad peaks of the mountain range lying away to the southwest. It was a tough climb, rightup 1,500 feet to a crag of frightfully small pro
. In brightest Asia. he old fellow—Sinims emperor — and also of several of his cour-tiers about him, and an old temple of remarkably fine architectural features on the spot. Wedidnt see any of his bones, nor get any locks of his hair, nor a tooth ; but we are sure that thissanctuary marks the burial-place of a monarch older even than Rameses of Egypt — older thanAbraham. Leaving the tomb, we ascended also a famous mountain which overlooks the spot, — one ofmyriad peaks of the mountain range lying away to the southwest. It was a tough climb, rightup 1,500 feet to a crag of frightfully small proportions which caps the summit, and on whichstands a Buddhist temple, called the Temple of the Holy Incense Pot. But what a view rewardedour climb! On the southwest a mountain range of great variety of form, with numberlesscosey coves and terraced slopes, ripe with harvests nestling in the long narrow defiles. Away tothe east the Hang Chow Bay, an arm of the sea, sav twenty miles distant, makes into the TOMB OF YU, THE GREAT — GRKAT-GRANDSOX OF NO. t-g In Brightest Asia. over which a hazy mist is floating. A vast plain stretches out on all sides northward as far as theeve can reach, fairly golden with waving rice harvests. Through and through this mighty plainrun canals in an intricate net-work, the lines of which, glancing silvern in the sunlight, cannot becounted for number. They out-Holland Holland. There are literally no roads except the pathson the canal banks. All traffic is conveyed by boats only. Never a wagon is seen, nor a horse ;occasionally a buffalo or a bullock hauls a load. Trees stud the plain, and sometimes adorn thecanal banks. These now are dressed in autumn tints ; only instead of our maple, the brilliantfoliao-e is that of the tallow tree. From the berries of this tree the natives actually obtain a vege-table tallow from which they make their candles. The trees not standing on the canals usuallymark tombs, and of these the whole district po
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