Even after the troubles of 1900 the temples in the hills continued to exercise the same attraction for the foreign community, as hitherto, and right down to recent days, they always found plenty of tenants. In the early twenties Patachu was connected with the city by motor road, foreign-style hotel was built at the foot of the hill, and many Chinese officials built themselves villas on the adjoining slopes. However much this may have tended to increase the comfort of life there, all this mode! ization certainly detracted from t riginal and primitive charm of the place. recent days, however, things have got much worse. For owing to the unsettled state of the country round Peiping, with its roving bands of bandits, the hill temples are no longer considered safe for foreigners to reside in or even in which to make picnics. Since the outbreak of the China Incident they have therefore fallen into disfavour, and thus one of the great charms of life has disappeared.
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