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Rh two months and some days after which he returned to Pao Yun and the others. They all agreed that the people of the Wu-i country did not cultivate politeness or their duty towards their neighbour, and were cold in their treatment of strangers. Subsequently, Chih Yen, Hui Chien, and Hui Wei went back to Kao-ch'ang in order to obtain necessaries for the journey; but Fa Hsien and his party, being provided with these things by Fu and Kung-sun, went on forthwith towards the south-east. The country was uninhabited, and the difficulties of travelling by land and water and the hardships they went through were beyond all comparison. After being on the road a month and five days they arrived at Yü-tien.

This country is fertile and prosperous. The people are well off and all converts to Buddhism. They play religious music to each other for amusement. The