126 DIRTY INN AT LENG-CHI 
I took here some fine specimens of an interesting form 
of ‘ Apatura.’ Near the summit, from which there 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 
