REMARKABLE MONUMENT IN WESTERN CHINA 565 



Colossi, his proportions preserved in all their pristine freshness, temples 

 above and below him, and priests in attendance to keep the incense 

 burning at his feet. There he sits, grimly gazing out over the tiled 

 roofs of the city which lies before him. 



A Stone Portal Spanning a Road in Far-western China. 



erected in 1906. 



This specimen was 



While exploring the temple, I asked one of the priests the age of the 

 image. His answer came, " Gee chien nien. Some thousands of years." 

 I give it for what it is worth. 



Another thought which that monument inspired was in reference 

 to a passage in one of Conan Doyle's delightful stories, which describes 

 a party of tourists viewing one of the ancient temples of Upper Egypt. 

 The autbor makes one of the characters say : 



