The ferry crossing at Huangyen was made easily next morning ten minutes. We then hed a straight road to Yentangshan save for one more ferry crossing four miles north of Paichi which was not marked on any of our maps. By ten o'clock the car was parked in the double forage at the foot of the mountain, and we were in rickshaws for forty-minute ride to Lingyenset Spirit Clit Temple) to stay the night, We were received very. gre viously by the monk and were given the upper guest rooms where we immediately felt at home. We ha of expected to see such grandeur of the Gods. The place by that name in the state of Colorado does not. hold a candle to this for size and majesty and wonderful formations. Lingyenszu is surrounded by the "most beautiful scenery Yentangshan. Tu front of us. stood the Pillar of Heaven, and it looked Tike just that. Above us was the the Small Dragon Waterfall.
'A study of the map of the mountain revealed that some of the places Jot interest are 20 miles apart. Really. it is a spot where one could spend a week or more with profit and Pleasure. But we made the most of our shorter stay. By 1 o'clock that day, even though the mists had not lifted, we had set out on foot to see the Great Dragon Waterfall. It was 2 ten mile hike there and back, up over 4 mountain pass. The trails' are excellent and easy {o follow. Maps are painted on sign boards at stratesie points, in Chinese, of course,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.
