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of the lowban, as on the former visit; and as she 
was now varnished brown like all the native craft, 
instead of being painted white, she attracted little or 
no attention and there was no trouble given by the 
authorities. 
On April 10, having everything prepared for a stay 
at Ta-tsien-lu, my boxes, &c., making loads for thirty- 
five coolies, I sent them off with orders to wait for me 
at Kia-kiang, as I intended to visit Mount Oméi, it 
being but little out of the way. I left Kia-ting-fu on 
the same day, and slept that nightat Oméi-hsien. This 
place supplies all the priests living on Mount Oméi 
with food, &c., and during the winter large supplies 
have to be laid in by them, as the road up the moun- 
tain is blocked with snow and ice. I noticed skins 
of a species of armadillo exposed for sale in the 
shops here. 
The next day I proceeded to Wan-nien-tze, situated 
on the mountain at an elevation of 5,500 feet, the road 
consisting largely of series of stairs, and many temples 
were passed. The name signifies ‘ the temple of 10,000 
years. There are many fine images in the temples 
about here, but they are nearly all much too dark to 
take a photograph in. In one, however, | managed to 
get an excellent negative of a very large Buddha made 
of clay and gilt. Inatemple close by, which is entered 
