176 ARRIVE AT TA-TSIEN-LU 
road having been destroyed by landslips in many places 
since I last passed. 
On April 27 I reached Ta-tsien-lu for the second 
time. Before reaching the city gates, I got a letter from 
Bishop Biet telling me that a report had been spread in 
the place that Mr. Kricheldorff and myself were two 
foreign mandarins, and that he expected I might have 
trouble with the authorities. However, on producing 
our passports we were allowed to enter without any 
opposition. I found that a new mandarin had been 
appointed since my last visit, who was much prejudiced 
against foreigners and not so easy to get on with. 
I found accommodation at the same inn I had stayed 
at before, and was very busy for the next few days 
paying off coolies, telling off collectors, and unpacking 
and distributing apparatus. 
