126 DIBTY INN AT LENG-CHI 



I took here some fine specimens of an interesting form 

 of ' Apatura.' Near the summit, from which tliere is a 

 fine view, the road leads in a semicircle round a deep 

 ravine or bay several miles across, and the forest is 

 looked down upon. This, with the clouds rolling 

 beneath, presents a remarkable spectacle. The tem- 

 perature was cool and a welcome change from the 

 stifling heat of the valleys. We now descended to 

 Leng-chi, where we arrived in an exhausted state, and 

 tumbled into the first inn that presented itself. In 

 justice to the town I may here say that if we had gone 

 a little further we might have had more decent accom- 

 modation, for though I had some idea of what a dirty 

 place a Chinese inn might be, this one for filth, dis- 

 comfort, and the quantity of vermin that it contained 

 was entitled to take the cake. My room was small, 

 and with no window, a lamp having to be used in the 

 day time. The walls were black with slime, and in 

 spite of being very tired I could get but little rest 

 during the night, my unfortunate body being invaded 

 by hosts of vermin of all sorts. I left this at an early 

 hour the next morning, being only too glad to get away. 

 During my travels I have been forced to take refuge in 

 some curiously dirty places, but this inn will remain fixed 

 in my mind as containing the most varied collection of 

 the most disagreeable things that I have ever met with 



