CtlIK£5£ INSCRIPTIONS. 



which tlie Chinese are so ibiid of teaeliing-, hut 

 never tifodbte tliemselvea about ptactising. Near 

 tlie road side, and upon the summit of the liil!, 

 on the brow of Mhicli the inscriptions on tlie 

 granite rocks jnst mentioned were remarked, 

 were several small cone-shaped buildings, re- 

 sembling somewiiat the eagta^ linguams. Tot 

 what ptiiipose they had been erected, I tmM not 

 gain any information ; there were tliree a short 

 distance apjjrt, close to the road side, and 

 anotlier of large size situated in a very conspi- 

 CTxmB w^otL ^e mam^ of a WH. Tbsi 

 LingtiamSj If they imj he bo named, are rather 

 more tlian five feet Mghj, and constructed of 

 brick ])lastered over ; in one the ]daster had 

 f alien oil", leaving the brick exposed, evidently 

 showing that ti£^ miidb attention was paid to 

 them. At the haie of the eone was % imall 

 square hole. The one situated upon the lofty 

 summit of a hill, looked like a white conical 

 land-mark ; 1 did uot ascend to examine it* 



