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TEMPLE GIVEN TO LAI-AN COLONY 



If the presentation had been delayed a few days all the trees surround- 

 ing this Ta an Temple would have been cut down. 



SHRINE OF THE GOD OF FARMING 



Note how religiously the trees surrounding this temple have been 

 preserved despite great need of firewood. 



INTERIOR OF TA AN TEMPLE 



The tree banked up with stones is a knei hua and over 500 years old When 

 in bloom its fragrance is perceived three miles away. 



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BRIDGE NEAR CHU CHI EN RUUTE TO TA AN TEMPLE 



deforestration the floods in this region are so great that in Dr. BaiUe in a chair and Mr. Best on horseback on the way to the 



flood times this bridge is impassable. Temple presented to the Lai-an Colony. 



SCENES IN THE COUNTRY NEAR LAI-AN, CHINA, WHERE A FOREST NURSERY HAS BEEN STARTED 



