The Archive · 1905

The Temple

The visitor should not fail to climb the mountain back of the city to the temple about three-fourths of the way itp its side, It.is beautifully. situated. among froos, and.gives one s fine outlook over the plain and'the ocean beyond, and the onto stretching plain on either side: of the wall:]into Chins to the westward, Mongolia to the eastward. From the top of the peak behind the temple there is a magnificent view of the mountains, of peak above peak, and valleys deep and narrow, and winding streams; and now and again snatches of the wall are caught in the distance. The base of the mountain is about four or five miles from the railway station, and can be reached' by cart or chair. "Donkeys seen to be scarce, The ascent can be made in a mountain chair, but the path is rough, full of rubble stones, narrow and winding in any places, and so not without some danger. It "am a hard road to trabal" up and down, but well pays the lover of wild and romantic {scenery who has the time and the strength ito endure it, even if aday must be given to rest after it,

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