Chap. XIII. 



LEAVE THE TEMPLE. 



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of the hills. What roof was next to shelter me I had 

 not the most remote idea. 



Our host followed me to the gateway, and made 

 his adieus in Chinese style. As we threaded our way 

 amongst the hills, I observed tea-gatherers busily 

 employed on all the hill-sides where the plantations 

 were. They seemed a happy and contented race ; 

 the joke and merry laugh were going round, and 

 some of them were singing as gaily as the birds in 

 the old trees about the temples. 



A Chinese Tomb, 



