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visit these tombs the unexpected happened. It was after riding through 

 the village of Hsi-yin that, suddenly, a large field of prehistoric 

 potteries was discovered ! Mr. Yiian was the first to see it. The site 

 (fig. 141), extending to several iiiou of land, is apparently larger than 

 the one we found at Chiao-t'u-ho, and the pottery is somewhat differ- 

 ent, too. While we were picking up at random the sherds exposed on 

 the surface, the villagers gathered in large number, so we did not 

 stay very long lest there be too much excitement created. 



Fig. 142. — Votive stcia found at 

 Hsin-hua-shih. 



When we left An-i Hsien, the magistrate had given us a copied list 

 of the names and locations of the various votive stones which are still 

 scattered in the dilTerent villages of his district, and as we were on 

 our way northward again, we determined to stop and see some of 

 them. Three places were visited on the 25th and the 26th, where 

 besides stelcc, we saw also a number of individual Buddhist figures 

 which are preserved in good condition, the most perfect piece being in 

 San-lu-li Ts'un. Unfortunately, it is preserved in a dark room, where 

 a picture could not be taken, as I had no flash light with me. 



