176 ABBIVE AT TA-TSIEN-LU 



road having been destroyed by landslips in many places 

 since I last passed. 



On April 27 I reached Ta-tsien-lu for the second 

 time. Before reaching the city gates, I got a letter from 

 Bishop Biet telling me that a report had been spread in 

 the place that Mr. Kricheldorff and myself were two 

 foreign mandarins, and that he expected I niight have 

 trouble with the authorities. However, on producing 

 our passports we were allowed to enter without any 

 opposition. I found that a new mandarin had been 

 appointed since my last visit, who was much prejudiced 

 against foreigners and not so easy to get on with. 



I found accommodation at the same inn I had stayed 

 at before, and was very busy for the next few days 

 paying off coolies, telling off" collectors, and unpacking 

 and distributing apparatus. 



