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dication that this was the case. I started the cave-hunting about 7:30 A.M. and came back at 4:30 P.M., down-hearted. It is hard to suffer reality. However, this did not last long. Mr. Yüan came back with better result. He collected some very good fossils. Personally, of course, there was only the feeling of contrast. But for the party it was not a bad day's work.] We left the mountain on the next day by a different route and made a further search at [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] the foot of the mountain - only to be disappointed again. 
[But we had a good look of the cave dwellings in this region (Fig. 25.)] I had a long discussion with Mr. Yüan in the evening as to the exact route we should follow, and finally [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] came to the conclusion that, so far as my personal work was concerned, I should follow partly the historical sites and partly the probable pre-historical settlements as my guides, [so Yao-ling was chosen [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] for the next visit.
We also decided to travel on mule back from the time on. P'ing-yang-fu is a center of mule caravans, where two or three villages made their living by driving mules for merchants and travellers, thus we had no difficulties in getting the mules that we needed. Besides, this way of travelling makes it possible for us to roam anywhere that our fancy might lead. Owing to the rapid changes of the topography of this region caused by the fast deposit of loess, it is obvious that the locations of the ancient settlements must be quite different from the present. If we were to look for any prehistorical settlement at all, it is necessary that we should explore bypaths. There is more truth in this theory than I first imagined.]
[[strikethrough]] We left [[/strikethrough]] So at 10 A.M. on March 2nd, we left for Yao-ling.
The exact location of the tomb of the emperor Yao is a long debated question. Previous to the Mongol Dynasty, this tomb was usually located in Shantung. The tomb in P'ing-yang-fu was not so well known at that time. The argument for its location in Shansi is that as Yao retired at [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] quite an advanced age, it is [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] improbable that he should subsequently have inspected [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] his