The remarkable way in which the hills are covered with Fir or other timber here, not an inch of available ground being left unimproved, has much to do in convincing the sceptical that for future generations there is little room—China is full;—for her increasing population there must be an outlet or other modes must be invented whereby they may gain existence. If mines could be opened in places of known mineral production, a great relief might be obtained.
The view from the top of the Kwei-ling-foong and from the Jong-kong-ling temple, a little way down the hill, is grand to a degree. In a W. S. W'ly direction the mountains are very high. Tea is grown on the hills here in some quantities, and bamboo trees in much greater.
The ascent of the Kwei-ling-foong occupies nearly an hour of trying travelling. At the base on the western side, is another temple, Kwei-ah-Deen, with a free tea table;—Prince and peasant, rich and poor, being equally welcome to a bamboo noggin of the beverage "which cheers but not inebriates."
The village of New-Za is five miles, in a sou' westerly direction, from the Temple on the mount;—and five miles further, W. S. W. is the Poosan Monastery. On the road to this place are four Bridges, constructed by public subscription in the 3rd year of Taoukwang (as told of in a tablet by a small shrine to the God of waters, opposite Rhinoceros mount) the Chang family heading the list of contributors, a member of the clan, though professing his ability to be small, writing the inscription, and setting forth the reasons for the construction of the works.—One of these bridges, Toong-jow, is a specimen of many others in the province, constructed of granite stones, three or four feet
