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stone and the sandstone formation.  The first part of the day's journey was in comparatively open valley.]  About noon time we reached Hsia-men-t'sun which is one of the most beautiful villages [[crossed out]] bhat [[/crossed out]]I have [[crossed out]] yet [[/crossed out]] seen in this province: the buildings [[crossed out]] are [[/crossed out]] of brick [[strikethrough]]s [[/strikethrough]]and limestone [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]; the windows and doors all [[crossed out]] are [[/crossed out]] arched.   [[strikethrough]] (Fig. 18). [[/stikethrough]] [there are quite a few villages of this type in the adjacnt region(Fig. 19).  Some native informed me that they were built at the end of the Ming Dynasty.  Most of the buildings have however fallen in decay.]
From there [[crossed out]] Hsia-men-t'sun [[/crossed out]] southward, the mountains on both sides r [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]]ise steeply, [[crossed out]] There [[/crossed out]] and in them are many limestone caves, some of which I explored, but found [[crossed out]] there were [[/crossed out]] only traces [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] of modern habitation.  [After a while, the journey began to be monotonous.  It was not until 11P.M. that we were out of the pass and] We stopped at Ho-chou,  [The journey was continued two days more and we reached Lin-fêng-hsien.]  between which place [[crossed out]] Ho-chou [[/crossed out]] and Lin-fêng-hsien [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] there are many historic [[strikethrough]] al [[/strikethrough]] places; but as I did not intend to make any intensive study north of the Latter, [[crossed out]] Lin-fêng-hsien, so [[/crossed out]] we passed this region [[crossed out]] part [[/crossed out]] rather hurriedly [[strikethrough . [[/strikethrough]] and [[crossed out]] We [[/crossed out]] reached Lin-fêng-hsien on the 25th.
Lin-fêng-hsien( or P'ing-yang-fu), a city that has [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]]roused [[crossed out]] a great of imagination in the past, -  the ancient capital of the Emperor Yao!  What Chinese scholars are not acquainted with the list of virtues of this august monarch [[crossed out]] emperor!  But had[[/crossed out]] Did he, however, [[crossed out]] this model emperor [[/crossed out]] also create [[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] a model [[crossed out]] As [[/crossed out]] Since he was, perhaps, [[crossed out]] almost [[/crossed out]] the most self-denying emperor that the world has ever known, it would not be in harmony with his ethical principle if he should have used the national wealth to build luxurious palaces like those found in Troy and Knossos; but whatever he might have done in this resoect, it is a fact that there is not even a tradition as to the exact location of his capital.  The modern city of Lin-fêng-heien is, like every other city in inland China, surrounded by machicolated walls(Fig.[[crossed out]] 20 [[/crossed out]].  About a mile west of the city, flows the Fêng River, and west of the Fêng is the famous Ku-i-shan [[strikethrough]]. [[/strikethrough]] where, according to the mythical tales of Chuang-tzü, resided many fairies.

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