After this the road lies among hills all the way, and crosses one or two minor passes, as well one (the Ch'ingshibliang) that is 2,500 ft. high, The hills lose their rugged outline some 20 miles from the city, and show, apparently, signs of s waterworn formation, which produces the fantastic rock forms that are such a noteworthy feature of the country round Jehol. Of these the most famous are the Pangch'uishan (Washing-stick Hill) and the Hamashih (Frog Rock), both of which are in the immediate vicinity of the town, and are supposed to be intimately connected its fate. The local byword says coming when the Washing-stick will fall and the Frog run away (Pangeh'uitso, Hamap'ao), and that this will spell destruction to Jehol. The Washing-stick Hill derives its name from an extraord-mary isolated rockgpillar rising from its summit: the pillar is about 50 feet high and perpendicular; it! thickens gradually from its base upwards to about two-thirds of the height, when it narrows again to rounded top, and so is supposed to bear a resemblance to the cudgel used by Chinese dhobies for the destruction of our clothes. The Frog Rock explains itself, as does also the Bridge of Heaven," which is another of the natural curiosities of Jehol.
The great feature of Jehol, though, and the one that gives it ite importance, is the Imperial Palace, with the miniature Hunting Park
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