RESEARCH IN CHINA. PLATE XL. 

A. Three miles southeast of Lung-t’an-ssi, Shen-si, atlas sheet a 2. Characteristic view of high summits and upper valleys of the Ts’in-ling- 
shan, showing topography of Hei-shui schists above the region of deep canyons which skirts the northern margin of the mountains, 
B. In canyon between Siau-wang-kién and Chiang-k’éu-shi, Shen-si, atlas sheet a 2, View of outcrop of slates of Hei-shui series. In the 
shrine on the cliff is a small idol and the stones set on end are offerings to the spirit of the dangerous ford, Coolies of the expedition. 
