New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-23

which arc ,inbearabic to foreigner inc cUongS
TO give them space for their mats. smohed ol s ha
chattcd until midnight, while the cio"u ,ot"h rho
street pressed into every available corner 10 w' @
aueer motions OF their lllustrous guests we iou h,
10 the end of the court and stepped from fronf of
sew feet from the door to hide us from me eyes
OF ire crowd, which followed US from Inc and Girls
requires good guard to beat bacS ne ne screen Tho
teacher and boys" were busy for time III e ,r~d
ing the curious to fan back so as 10 give Our room
although tho best, is slengly close, WI crvst If
damp and covered with mould win ana a 'n''A ''"'' -
wet dirt upon the Old. halfrottcn hoor'
Tho second is of an inferior caravansary
II was A u M as We descended through p,an ia
tIons of orange and other fruit, pesrins NJ took nm
not too hSsp'aeo oT Sa Tl tea Shop the
centre OF the place. said TO be the Dssn dab"1t way
p"t !, VA aSa an Official was occupying the larger es,
tablishmcnt The weather was nor, anu y odorS
small. dark and saturated with remedlso r boricr
n Is bad enough have the front Of room nera SSe
upon the drains and the coolies an , pak"i smo
s bit to have huge pgsy on the pseh, S rapp ne
separated from score of pigs merry W and hen
board partition hafnch N 'h ohnGoS anu enough
have ones bed snug against said partioh: - cnoms
10 make strong minded man qua'i al 'hc "o''"'""
prospect 49,. - .1;
Among the most interesting sights OF tins
;ournex were the brine and natural gas
,volls of Kenten These wells are Oh
creat antiquity and some OF them are
supl, 10 the depth of from three to five thousand
feet. As Mr.. Hart observes: :" it may seem IN
credible that seventeen hundred years ago inc
Chinese of Sz-Chuan possessed sulhciehc MT
chanical skill and enterprise to bore through .ne
solid rock to the depth of from two 10 I'VE
thousand feet But there is PROOF that 'heS
did. and no doubt with the same crude lhstru
ments they use to-day Mr.. Hart gives dfawinsS
and full descriptions of the machinery anu III
all this nothing is more surprising IMAM 'he an
family of Chinese mechanical Inventions uhleso
II no the Chinese failure to carry those Inventions
beyond the earlier stages. generation Is SOME
times occupied in boring well ana the au'hor
met one proprietor in whose family Tie s'nio
brine wells had been during twenty generations.
Natural gas has been used to evapofa'e inc
brine and for lighting for centuries in tins
region, and it. like the brine, Is carried III o'',-
hoo nipes-with which also the artesian wells
are lined.
The description of the Sacred Mount Omei'
which is IL 900 feet high, is enthusiastic Oef
tainlv no more beautiful country can be con-
c.ivao than Mr.. Hart here depicts IN glowing
1anguape. IT, would SEEM" he says IN one place.
. that the Creator could have added nothing more
~ hiring all the surroundings into harmonious
beauty. The towering mountains, the gentiy-siop-
inc snurs the lodges and palisades in the distance
tho cool streams the winding wales and foreso
trees the purple-tinted air and silver Clouds ana
tho ,nvriads of songsters bewilder the maglnation
and like the Queen of Sbeba. we feel that there
is no more spirit in us" The whole OF this
oreat mountain is filled with buod-
hist temples. The road up is hned
with them, and they are quite as
much hotels and tea-houses as temples ana arc
always most delightfully."- situated. the ascent IS
rendered as easy as possible, and III TACT may Ut
extended over any time at the pilgrim pleasure
for At every station there are special rehSlous
marves and art beauties TO be worshippeu anu
oxomined Until quite recently wonderful
bronze temple crowned Mount Omei--a veritaoie
masterpiece of Chinese art. III was unfortunately
ruined by fire, but enough remains W blu"
how noble n composition it originally was Nature
aids superstition IN these elevated lanes. i"o
mists which descend into the valleys hang below
the topmost temples from whose rocky terraces
and platforms the pilgrims are shown strange ana
,,oird clond phenomena at certain times OF the
,norninq and afternoon as the Glories Of Buddha
Here is seen to great advantage that curious re-
faction from cloud surfaces known in Europe as
the "Spectrc OF the Brocllen" and here the
chostly transformations of the mist wreaths ana
cloud-mssses exercise aesnlstcr lnlatuaUioh up'n
weak minds often. and ecstatlc worshlpperS ~
IN Buddha" over the edge OF the tremendous chhs'
This is not the fault of the Buddhist MONKS VINO
mt ND low walls and iron ratings wherever
danger appears, and placard cautionary notices
Upon all however. the natural charms OF inc
mountain take effect and Mr. Harris detailed
account of all that is to be seen on Omel Is graphic
picturesque and extremely interesting. lie has
written fresh bright and really quite fascinating
book of travels in short, and his observations
throw new light upon portion OF the strange
people of the Middle Kingdom.