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in shape. Three Han dynasty chariots of this kind are illustrated 

 by S. W. Bushell in " Chinese Art." ^ Some of the chariots repre- 

 sented on the Han dynasty arch at Yachow are of a different type 

 and closely resemble the one pictured in " Outlines of Chinese 



History " by Li Ung Bing.* Apparently 

 both types mentioned above were common 

 in China during the Han dynasty. The 

 history of the Three Kingdoms frequently 

 mentions chariots in Szechwan Province 

 and in other parts of China. 



In two different caves near Kiating are 

 carvings which represent, respectively, a 

 house (fig. 12) and the roof of a similar 

 building (fig. 13). Both resemble modern 

 Chinese houses, especially in the upturned 

 ends of the roofs. 



In determining by whom and for what 

 purposes the caves of Szechwan were 

 made, the artifacts actually found in 

 the caves are of primary importance. 

 Are they Chinese or aboriginal? Are 

 they such as are found in homes or in 

 tombs? 



Rev. Thomas Torrance, who has studied the Szechwan caves for 

 years and was the first to assert that they were of Chinese origin, 

 gives the following list of their contents : 



FiGCBB 10. — Diagram of a 

 brace made of bricks. 

 Bight such braces hold up 

 each story of the old 

 Suifu pagoda 



PiGUEE 11. — Brace found at each Bide of a cave ten li west of Kiating. 



Instead of straw or movable wooden figures of men you find them of burnt 

 clay, gray and terra cotta in color, glazed and unglazed, from a few inches 



' Bushell, S. W., Chinese Art, vol. i, opposite p. 26, published in London under the 

 authority of the Board of Education, 1924. 



* Blng, Li Ung, Outlines of Chinese history, p. 36, Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1»14. 



