of a hundred families, the other the residence of two or three only, are but little distances beyond Tong chin. Tea Bushes are again seen in this locality, and proceeding onwards over a wide ford, and through a walled lane, for about five lé, the traveller arrives at a shrine of the Dragon God, close by which, in the grove by itself, is a small permanent Theatre of varnished wood. At Low-zhak-kong a village of 300 families, the country takes quite a level appearance, the hills each side becoming smaller and smaller as though they formed the end of a huge chain (27)—Leang-zak-you of some 20 families, Toong-djean of 1000, and Yah-kong-djow by a plank and trussel bridge of 21 apertures—say 250 feet long—are all at no great distance from the Low-zhak-kong mentioned.—The Strata in this quarter is of a blue black slate.
From Yah-kong-jow to Sac-wan-lee, a hamlet of 20 families, the distance, over eight lē, runs through a fine wood land, quite different from any thing the other side of the mountain range.
Some time before reaching Sac-wan-le a seven storied Pagoda S.E. of the city of Haoufoong meets the view; and in the suburbs of the city are the best quarters for the foreign traveller (poor enough) at the Kwan-ti-mew, or Temple of the God of War.
Haou-foong, or Shaou-foong-yuen is a poor apology for a walled city,—the walls, about a mile and a half round, being in some places broken away wide enough for a carriage and pair to be driven through. It as a decent place enough once, perhaps, and the city Temple on a level with the top of the south wall is a fine building. The shops in the western suburbs, however, far surpass those within; but it is a poor place for business, this being inferred from the want of silver in negotiations;—
