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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 

 preserv>^d despite great need of firewood. 



INTERIOR 



riCMPLE 



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

 in bloom its fragrance is perceived three miles away. 



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BRIDGE NEAR CHU CHI 



Owing to deforestration the floods in this region are so great that in 

 flood times this bridge is impassable. 



EN ROUTE TO TA AN TEMPLE 



Dr. Bailie in a chair and Mr. Best on horseback on the way to the 

 Temple presented to the Lai-an Colony. 



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



