The sight of that curtain of water Jdropping straight down the volcanic Jelit hundreds of feet into the sapjphire blue pool in front of us was worth the long walk. Near the Dragon Falls is that startling, slender shaft of rock called the Scissors. laid out on 0 gigantic a scale. Yen-tangshan is a veritable rock Garden Peak. Nengjenssu, built in the Tang Dynasty, the oldest monastery on the mountain, was not far away. 'There we saw a bronze cauldron, made in the Sung Dynasty, large enough cook rice for a thousand monks. 'The Swallow Tail Falls were visited, to0, and we were just able to drag' ourselves up the incline to our temple at 6 oclock. At Yentangshan ferns row everywhere, right to the tops lof the hills, The tallest peak of all we could never glimpse. The lesser heights must be sealed before the greater comes into view. Peitoutung GNorth"Dipper Cave) is more access Jsible than Lingyenszu and offers Superb views. 'There several temples where guests may stop are perched like birds' nests high up in the clefts of the great reel Next morning we made an early start hoping to reach Kinhua, 202. mulles away, in one day. Ten miles along the way was another of those detested ferry crossings. When we pulled up and asked where to buy 8 ticket, we learned to our disappointment that the ferry had not been operated for three weeks. Tt was undergoing repairs. But fortunately for us the repairs were nearly finished and it could be floated that night when the tide came in ready for use the next morning. We walked around the bend to see the old boat and the workmen themselves assured us that we could cross next yy. Twenty-four hours to walt!
We turned back and spent the morning sitting under the pines on a promontory looking out to sea. For: five hours we endured the steady gaze of the multitudes who gathered to watch us, always speculating to whether we were men or women. Then we shoved on back to Yentangshan for the night, staying at a Chinese semi-foreign hotel just across the bridge at the entrance. It was julean and comfortable. We paid $1 person and prepared our own food.
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