i16. CLIMATE AT TA-TIEN-CHIH 
Two pairs of these were brought to me alive, having 
been snared by the leg, and I purchased them for 1,000 
cash, or about three shillings. There are also two 
species of pigeons resembling the blue rock, and living 
among the cliffs. Of the smaller species I shot several 
for food, but the larger variety was much more wild 
and difficult to get near. The district appears to be 
rich in botanical treasures. Quantities of fine wild 
strawberries were brought in by the boys at times; so 
many, in fact, that my cook made jam of them. Two 
sorts of raspberries and gooseberries are also found 
erowing wild, and were often brought to the mission. 
house. Very beautiful wild roses grew, the most 
remarkable being with a dark red bloom. 
Towards the end of May the weather was very 
changeable, with a good deal of rain, and sometimes it 
was very cold, much the same sort of climate as I found 
at Chang-yang at the same time last year. The four 
seasons are more clearly marked than in the lower 
parts of China. 
June 10 being a fine warm day, almost the first 
that we had had, I ascended the first base, if I may so 
call it, of Mount Wa, and on proceeding to examine its. 
southern slopes I found them covered with virgin forest. 
The weather had been cold, and no butterflies to speak 
of were seen; it was too. early for them. It being a 
