“40 A. 8. Bickmore—Journey through China. 
certainly has the clairvoyant power of looking three feet into ; 
- solid rock ! 
lin, The road, or more properly path, was three or four feet 
this stream there had once been a large flight of marble steps 
nicely cut and carefully laid up, but when I passed they were 
aling apart and the whole work going to decay, the amount 
of travel at present not being sufficient even to keep them in 
Te 
_, On one’ bank was a small square pagoda-like tower, and near 
1t two great iron pillars surmounted by a large ornamental cap. 
insisted on my going into a small room and remaining there 
out of sight till we were ready to start again, and after that 
all the way to Hankow, a distance of some 800 miles; I was so 
