He appeared to be a person of no consequence what-
ever, and resenting his manner, I took scant notice of him,
whereupon he spurred forward and barring the way,



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demanded roughly enough my business. I of course gave
him the required information though with no very good grace,
adding that Captain Li had already spoken with me, which
seemed to satisfy my interlocutor. " Oh ! you have come
from La-chi-mi ! That's all right then ! " he said, blustering,
and straightway returned to the village. He was a person
of no account and apparently wished to convey quite the
opposite impression by offering me the only offence I received
throughout the journey.
It was evening before we reached Ying-p'an-kai, a village
of a hundred families fairly divided between Minchia and
Chinese. Here I found comfortable quarters in a temple
on the hill side, and amidst the pungent odour of burning
incense made up my bed in one corner under the gaze of
a galaxy of ferocious-looking gods.
