CiiAP. XV. 
TOMB NEAR SUNG-KIANG-FOO. 
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in such an out-of-the-way place, and my friend remarked 
that it was the best he had yet seen, and that he should 
certainly make an effort to get possession of it. At last 
we came to what appeared the principal room : " Ah, 
this shall be my drawing-room,'' said my companion ; 
" but what is that added he in the same breath. I 
looked in the direction in which he pointed, and a large 
massive coffin met my eye. We then discovered that 
we were in one of those places set apart for the remains 
of the dead. 
During one of my journeys in the interior I met with 
a very curious tomb near the town of Sung-kiang-foo. 
It was placed on the side of a hill, in a wood, and evi- 
dently belonged to some very wealthy or important 
personage of that city. From the base of the hill to 
where the tomb stood, about halfway up, the visitor 
ascended by a broad flight of steps, on each side of 
which were placed a number of figures carved in stona 
As far as I can recollect, the following was the order in 
which the figures were placed : first, a pair of goats or 
sheep, one on each side ; second, two dogs ; third, two 
cats ; fourth, two horses saddled and bridled ; and fifth, 
two most gigantic priests ; the effect of the whole being 
most strange and imposing. There is another tomb 
of the same description near Ning-po, but on a much 
smaller scale. 
The flowers which the Chinese plant on or among ! 
the tombs are simple and beautiful in their kind. No 
expensive camellias, moutans, or other of the finer, 
ornaments of the garden, are chosen for this purpose. | 
