Stone steps lead up the hill and every fow hundred yards are conveniently placed porticos_where weary pilgrims may linger and rest awhile, A final steep climb and the summit fs reached. The cool shade of temple walls is welcome and from the windows on all sides can be seen anges of hills stretching into indnity. 'The silence ig disturbed by the murmuring of bees and an occasional shot echoes through the valleys; a reminder of the guerillas lurking' in Four days spent in this way, visit. ing the "rany beauty spots Hangchow "and the" surrounding] countryside, imprints an unforgettable picture on the mind which not even the comfortless railway journey and reluctant return to. the so-called civilization of the sordid, tumultuous disturbed city on the banks of the Whangpoo. could efface.
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