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superstitious dread of me ; he was anxious to get 

 to his own bed, and had striven hard to accom- 

 phsh his object; but it was quite beyond his 

 power. It was now easy enough to account for 

 his conduct at my window the night previous. 

 When it was found he could not conquer his fears 

 a brother priest gave him a share of his bed, and I 

 had been left to the undisturbed repose which I 

 greatly required. 



The valley of Tsan-tsin, as I have already 

 stated, is high up amongst the mountains, some 

 1500 or 2000 feet above the level of the sea. It 

 is completely surrounded by mountains, many of 

 them apparently from 3000 to 4000 feet high. 

 Even in the hot summer months, although warm 

 during the day in the sun, the evenings, nights, 

 and mornings, are comparatively cool. At this 

 time of the year the southwest monsoon is blow- 

 ing, but ere it reaches the valley it passes over a 

 large tract of high mountains, and consequently 

 gets cooled on its course. This appears to be the 

 reason why the country, even at the foot of the 

 mountains here, is cooler than further down in the 

 Ningpo valley. 



I have frequently thought this would make an 

 admirable sanitary station for the numerous mis- 

 sionaries and other foreigners who live at Ningpo. 

 Could the Chinese authorities be induced to allow 

 them to build a small bungalow or two in the 

 valley, they might thus have a cool and healthy 

 retreat to fly to in case of sickness. It is easy of 



