being a mere neichune erection, seven or eight feet high and under a couple of feet thick; with gates at each of the cardinal points. Between 30 and 40,000 Bales of Silk are sent annually from this quarter, principally to the Shanghae market. For a good Carolus dollar only 980 cash can be obtained,—Rice standing at 46 cash a catty or nearly $5 a pecul. For their exports, Sycee and Opium are returned from Shanghae.
The antiquarian finds several objects of interest at Ling-haen; one large area containing the ruins of an ancient Temple, and some lofty stone images both of the human and brute forms. The ancestral hall of the family "Tsien" is within the compound spoken of, and a tablet erected in Kien-loong's reign records the merits of one of the Tsiens, who, when the country was in a state of anarchy, after the destruction of the Sung dynasty ( A D 479 ) was a great benefactor, and almost founded a dynasty himself (13).
In the city temple is a fine iron bell over five feet high, cast during the Ming dynasty, and bearing a motto which, translated, runs "The state protects the people—without the state there could be no tranquillity" Some coloured images in this temple in the habiliments of ancient dynasties, are very expressive; a cavalier at the entrance, life size, having flowing curls, hat and dress, as nearly as possible after pictures of the gay courtiers of our Charles the 2nd's time.
Seven lē W. from Ling-haen is the village of Ching-ka-teo of 25 families and a little farther on Djui-cha of 100 families. Foo-ling-jow, a village of 300 families, is one mile N.W. from it. A Bridge to cost $40,000 was commenced over the stream here (between two or three hundred feet across,) in
