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purpose. He had, liovvever, iniicli Ijenefited by the 

 journey, and was nearly well Avlien he left. The joss- 

 house just mentioned is formed of a natural cave of 

 great beauty and considerable size, the entrance to 

 which is on the face of a precipice. Here I found 

 growing in great luxuriance a variety of primula, the 

 leaves of which are scented, and the flowers, which are 

 borne singly, mauve. This grows in large masses and 

 forms a most conspicuous object. The joss-house was 

 certainly very damp inside, but w^as not considered to 

 be unliealthy, and the chief priest has lived there for 

 forty-five years, showing that it has not affected his 

 health. It possesses a single bell of considerable size, 

 and the sound of its vibration and echo in the cave has 

 a very weird effect. 



We lived entirely in the boat, making daily excur- 

 sions into the glen and collecting Lepidoptera and 

 Coleoptera, of which I found a fair number. Among 

 the more striking plants is the hohenia, which grows 

 in great profusion over the rocks and bears very pretty 

 bunches of waxy pink flowers. Lilies abound, and 

 their flowers are eagerly sought for by the commoner 

 papilios. Among them, however, I was fortunate enough 

 to capture a magnificent new species, which has since 

 been named Papilio Elwesi. Clematis and various 

 species of fern abound, and in the more shady places a 



