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from which the Sun of righteousness shall shine. 

 The "glad news of the Gospel" may yet be pro- 

 claimed in them, and spread from hill to valley, and 

 from valley to hill, until the whole of this vast 

 country shall hear the glad and joyful tidings. 



While seated at the bottom of the hill under the 

 shade of a large camphor-tree waiting for my men, 

 it was pleasant to dream of all these vast changes, 

 and to picture to the mind future scenes amongst 

 these mountains. Absorbed in thought, I could 

 fancy I heard the sound of the sabbath-bell tolling 

 the hour of prayer — I could almost see the crowds 

 coming up from the valley dressed in their holiday 

 attire, and could hear them chanting the beautiful 

 Morning Hymn : — 



" Awake, my soul, and with the sun 

 Thy daily stage of duty run." 



While these thoughts were passing through my 

 mind, my people arrived, and, getting into my chair, 

 I proceeded across the valley. About a mile below the 

 temple I observed a manufactory for making paper 

 out of the bamboo. Large water-tanks were con- 

 structed in the fields for the purpose of steeping the 

 bamboo stems. They appeared to be steeped for a 

 length of time in some solution of lime. They were 

 then taken out and beaten upon stones until they 

 became quite soft, or till all the flinty matter which 

 abounds in their steins was removed. 



After passing through this rice-valley we ascended 

 another hill, from the top of which an excellent view 

 was obtained. We were now fairly on the northern 



