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Rh Lung-zee-way-Mew-qui-deo. An intelligent looking young priest here, a lad of the name of Sheo-zin, appears disposed to give much attention to the foreign visitor;&mdash;though, in the Spring of 1857 the writer was the only one he had ever seen. His confreres are similarly attentive, and similarly unsophisticated.

Lung-zee-way is only a little distance from the commencement of the ascent of the eastern Teen-muh, the first Ding on the hill bearing W .N. W. from the foot of the roughly laid path. Four Dings are met between the hill foot and the Monastery at the top, and are placed as follows. From the hill foot the first Ding is reached in 18 minutes walking. From Ding No. 1 to Ding No. 2 the course is about North, and can be reached in 30 minutes. From No. 2 to No 3 the course is about N. and of 23 minutes walking&mdash;From No. 3 to No. 4 the course is northerly and westerly,&mdash;25 minutes walking&mdash;Ding No. 4 is the entrance to the Monastery grounds, and is gratefully cool.

Neither at the first nor the second Dings are there any idols; only at the second there is a tablet bearing the inscription 亭止且 (16) Ding No 3 has a small idol of Yen-Dah, the god of wealth, sitting on a seal like long tailed animal, and holding forward a shoe of tinsel resembling a lump of Sycee. Ding No. 4 is a small temple with a shrine to the god Wei-doe, and attended by a priest who receives his meals from the Monastery above. Besides the Dings there are several conveniently placed stone seats under lofty firs. Should the traveller apprehend thirst on his way up, he must not neglect to provide himself with liquid before starting, for though cascades are abundant enough within his sight on the opposite side of the gorge and above, 