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TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA. 



Chap. X. 



we came sometimes to pretty and romantic spots, 

 where the trees and brushwood were overhanging the 

 banks, and dipping their branches into the clear 

 stream ; and these strange monumental-looking rocks 

 were objects of striking interest in themselves. 



In the afternoon of the day on which I left Quan- 

 sin-foo, we arrived at the town of Hokow. I had 

 now got as far to the west as was necessary, and in- 

 tended from this point to journey southwards to one 

 of the passes in the Bohea mountains, across which I 

 had to go on my way to Woo-e-shan. This part of 

 my journey had to be done in chairs. 



