further on, still in a northerly direction, is the Dung-Ling, or pass marking the boundary between the Foo-Yang and Yu-hong Districts, passing over which, the traveller descends very abruptly by some large kilns for burning lime. The black lime stone rock here is almost perpen dicular;—the strata being intersected with streaks of white and red porphyry and carbonate of lime, in lines running longitudinally to the E.N.E. Blasting does not appear to be understood, and each block for the kiln is cut out with the cold chisel.
Farther down the pass, a beautiful place among the hills, is the hospitable village of Le-shuet-sun of 300 families, and a short distance up the glen is the Ka-yuen-sze a small monastery of five priests. Umbrageously sheltered, it is a dwelling which in the greatest of heats of summer possesses a delicious coolness. The Superior, by the name of Che-yuen, is remarkably attentive to foreigners. Pumice stone, said to have been procured from neighbouring hills, is exhibited here, from which it may be inferred that the region is volcanic.
A mile from the Ka-yuen-sze is the Nae-kae-ling, a pass, marking the boundary between the Yu-hong and Ling-haen districts, and a lē and a half beyond it, is Nieu-kwo-deo, the residence of two or three families—Ning-kwo-deo, a lē further on in a westerly direction, is another dwelling place of three or four families. The roads in this quarter are nicely laid out with rough pebbles.
Fwo-paleu, a straggling village of 250 families is one lē west from Ning-kwo-deo;—and on a similar course, within distances of a lē and a half from each other, still descending from the pass, are the hamlets of Wo-chee-deo of 60 families—So-che-dah of 5 or 6 families,—In-gee-wei of 30 families, and
