TEMPLES OF PATA-TSHOO. 
p. XXIII. 
torrent during the rains. We had now reached 
the famous Pata-tshoo, or eight temples, which, 
with their houses and gardens, are scattered all 
over the sides of these hills. 
My carter, who seemed well acquainted with the 
place, proceeded up the hill-side to the second 
range of temples, named Ling-yang-sze, and halted 
at its entrance. Here I was received by the head 
priest, a clean, respectable-looking man, who 
readily agreed to allow me quarters during my 
stay. My bedding was removed from the cart 
and placed in a large room, whose windows and 
verandah looked over the plain in the direction of 
Peking. The temples for Buddhist worship in 
this place are small, but the rooms for the recep- 
tion of travellers and devotees are numerous, and 
in better order than I had ever met with before. 
In one of these rooms a marble tablet was pointed 
out, which had been presented by one of the 
Emperors of the Ming dynasty, who had visited 
the place. Between the various rooms and temples 
were numerous small courtyards and gardens, orna- 
mented with trees, flowers, and rock work. Here 
I noticed some fine old specimens of the “ Maiden- 
hair tree” ( Salisburia adiantifolia), one of which 
was covered all over with the well-known glycine. 
The creeper had taken complete possession of this 
forest king, and was no doubt a remarkable and 
beautiful object in the months of April and May, 
when covered with its long racemes of beautiful 
lilac blossoms; but the Salisburia evidently did 
