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[[underlined]] Chapter XVI.[[/underlined]]   338.

reeds; and thatch-roofed farmsteads, embowered in trees, stretched away into the distance. From ponds and "tanks", waterwheels of the treadmill type were everywhere sucking up the last remnants of moisture, and men and boys were gathering water-chestnuts or else taking tiny fish by clap-ping over them, as they darted frantically about, bottomless and dome-shaped basket-traps fashioned from bamboo splints.
    We also saw numerous canals, narrow and winding [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] and meant for small craft only (pl. [[strikethrough]] CXXVIII [[/strikethorugh]] ^[[44, fig. 1);]] as well as strings of diminutive horses and mules around 10 hands high, carrying sacks of grain of some sort to mar-ket. Visible a few miles off on our left were the crenellated gray brick walls of Ching Chou---the modern representative of Ying. It was, our ricksha coolies told us, square in plan, and measured 5 [[underlined]] li [[/underlined]] (about 1 ^[[2/3]] miles) on each face; it was, they also said, connected with Shasi by a canal, which however did not quite reach the Yangtze, but stopped just inside the dike. 
   After our lurching rickshas had gone for probably about 6 miles (although the distance in a direct line must have been considerably less), the path became too narrow and rough to permit their farther progress. We therefore left them, with one of our ricksha coolies on watch, and traversed the remaining mile or so on foot. With us we took the other ricksha coolie, to carry our surveying-kit and lunch. 
[[underlined]] The Remains of Ancient Ying. [[/underlined]]
   It was still early in the forenoon when we reached our goal. I estimated the distance from Shasi, nearly due south of us, at about 7 miles; though in a straight line it was probably a couple of miles less.
   Before us stood a group of peasants' thatched and wattled huts, almost hidden in trees and shrubbery; for the vegetation in this part of China is far more profuse and lush than it is farther north. Just beyond the huts was a shallow pond (possibly, from its position a remnant of