Ningpo to Shanghai in 1857/Ling-haen to the Woo-ling-sze
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 the beginning of the present year, 1856, and contri butions to it are thankfully received from foreigner as well as native passing that way (14).
The contented faces, the garden like country, the absence of beggars, combined with fine weather, render travelling in this part of the route delightful.
Five lē W. by S. from Foo-ling-jow is the Toong-Mew a large temple, and near it, low down at the foot of a hill, may be seen, half a mile from the road, a five storied hexagonal pagoda, white washed, where not decayed and broke away.
Two or three Temples, are to be found at no great distance from a hamlet of 20 families called Shin-chee, at one of which, by a picturesque arched Ding of superior construction, the priests offer excellent accommodation to travellers. Tea bushes may be seen here and there on the hills, but not in large numbers.
One lē W. of Shin-chee is Peau-hing-chak a hamlet of 30 families, and Ten lē W. by N. is Lan-pe of 100 families. The river bed, nearly dry excepting in the rainy season, is very wide here, and is crossed to the right bank by a seven arched Bridge of excellent workmanship.
One mile from Lan-pe is Si-long-ket a village of 100 families, and hence to the Woo-loo-ling Sze (Monastery in the gorge) is Two lē W.N.W.