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etation, so that the winding path led up through a succession of pretty 
spots and along the brink of cliffs, all in charming variety, and, at this 
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gods committed to his keeping. was a painful object, but did his 
best to entertain us, assisted by a laic who is the guide into the cave. 
The throat of the cave just admits a man to craw] on his knees about 
named the seat of Kwanyin, the Pearl rock, the Eighteen Rahan, the 
from one of the Another turn carried us off nearly at right angles, 
and further progress was soon stopped by water—a pool lying across the 
a ve were told that the end had never been reached in conse 
quence of this obstruction, and legends of adventurous explorers who have 
perished in the search are told to inquiring travellers. The entire dis- 
is ak t 
caves of Gailenreuth in Germany. 
The path back to the Tsieh-téi Gan led over the ridge into the upper 
part of the valley, where most of the convents are situated, grouped in 
clusters of houses as space has been found for them on one side or the 
other of the stream. During this wi 
