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'Along the lower trails exe growing] wild violets, asters, myrtle, monk' hood and iris, There are rhododendron bushes, heavenly. bamboos, trees laden with red berries and a 25, Mercury tu, conjunction with Moon, Spin.
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2, Satara fu quadrature with Sun, 6 shrub with clusters of deep lavender berries. There are wild" chrysanthemums, the single variety lavender and white. Higher up are wild rose bushes, blue gentians, and a species lof eldelweiss. "The mountain streams; fare clear and cold and frequently our cup went in, 21, Jupiter in conjunction with Sun, 1
30, Bars tu conjunction with Moon, 9 am M.S 39 covermtarions Ar 9 nat, Inthe North: Polaris ts near_ite Gate to Heaven Doorstep 'There is poetry in the picturesque! place names on a mountain in China, In passing we saw the Purple Cloud 'Monastery, the Merciful Light Temple, the Beginning to Believe Peak. We' climbed the Be Careful Slope, descended the Hundred Step Ladder, went through the Devil's Pass, cross ed the Fairy Bridge and stepped over the Gate to Heaven Doorstep.
"The Huangshan Trail is steep but not difficult. We were thankful to those who had carried the slabs of granite and sandstone to make those many stairs, Huangshan is very different from Taishan. There 'Taurus. is nearly midway, ext Pinces ison the' meridian, Aquarius fs past, and Capricormus far" in the south= Wert, "in the. South: east of the meridian ie Cetus, and. west is orna nut. North of the Beliptie: Andromed ]!5 en the. meridian, and Pegasus West for its 'Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila are about midway' to the horizon, "Crossing the sky from east 0. west, the. Milky Way" passes north of the zenith "but more" south Light, not to be confounded much more variety in the views. It seems untamed, unpossessed by covetous mortals. "Neither Huashan nor Wataishan can touch Huangshan for beauty of scenery. The Diamond Mountains in Korea offer nothing lovelier. One of our party who has climbed mountains in many parts of the world declared that she had never had a more completely satisfy-Sat am, ing day than that spent climbing 2 Hilangshen. Seo. Yentangshan? "Yes: Bt you must see both.
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