This remarkable cave Is about ten miles beyond Kinhwa, in the famous North Mountain. First one comes to 8 cave, opening to the outer world and large enough to seat five or six hundred people. There is a stream running through it and from the far inner end one can see it as it emerges through a very low tunnel of rock. This tunnel is about 70 feet in length. At its entrance is a ood sized wooden bath tub and the visitor is politely asked by an attendant whether he wishes to traverse this tunnel in the tub and visit a far more wonderful cave within, where Is to be seen one of the twin Gragons. The celling of the tunnel {ig only about one inch higher than the top edge of the tub. For me, who in Chinese parlance would be called "A Long Twig" it seemed to be a choice between having my nose shaved off or losing one or both knee pans. I preferred the latter possibility and with an overcoat well protecting ~my knees T got some friction but no loss of anatomy. On my return T tried lying on my' side. also at the suggestion of an attendant, and the upper hip was caught so tight against the celling that T stuck there until T could turn a bit and press with my hands against the celling and thus depress the tub down into the water.
But the inner cave Is well worth the effort and the risk is nil. All the same I strongly urged that a longer tub be prepared for foreign quests if they wished to extend the popularity of this place! Within the tunnel was another much larger cave with many ramifications. On the te ceiling formed by innumberablo stalactites, was the huge outline of a dragon. Near by was a most convinelnis evidence of one of his claws, also formed by smaller cry-star. accretions.
Within this inner eave, in various which enter into them since some have a variety of beautiful colours. So large is the cave and so many and varied are these formations that it would pay the visitor well to spend considerable time within.
Above this site, up the hillside by a few hundred "steps, isthe too entrance to another most remarkable cave called "The Cave of the Vi of Te Until very recently, the only the method of entrance was to be let down about half way by a rope around the waist, "through 9 very. small opening. Now the gentry of Kinhwa have Laid stone stoas all the way to the bottom where is a clear pool of water overflowing Into a tunnel which goes into the "Cave of the Twin Dragons." As one looks upward "into the darkness, 50. 60 feet, one can see a waterfall emerging from the rock wall ahead, which breaks on a projection below and thus forms the "The Water Screen." Still farther above, near the emergence of the fall, is a huge crystal, vase shaped. and' whitish in colour, probably of the same material as the formerly mentioned stalactites. "The vase Is about 30 40 feet in height. From the top to the bottom of the cave must be vertical height of about 109 feet. T know of no other cave wherein exists a waterfall of about 50 or 60 feet in height.
There are two other caves in this North Mountain of less interest and significance.
The Square Clifts West of Kinhwa, on a fork of the road leading to if from the main motor highway is a collection of mountains, somewhat square in shape and quite precipitous. The effect as tone goes up into the group is quite dramatic. "They remind one some-What of the massive formations of Yentang Shan but are on a smaller scale. "Nevertheless the effect is very Impressive. Within the group "The College of the Five Peaks," being once the haunt of the famous philosopher, Wang Yang-ming (cizca 'AD. 1500)" a writer who has perhaps_as great influence in Japan as China. Near the top of one of
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