green slate the common facing material here. There are three shrines or altars one within the other. The outer has 2 gilded figures of large size set in a deep niche. The two middle are two large statues in a hall + the innermost is a gorgeous pair showing Buddha seated one white flower amid a many cavern with many small slate, in the folds + crevices. The white walls of the temple facing the courts are coveredly murial paintings showing birds, beasts, moral scenes, fisherman etc. New Year is really the beginning of Spring with the Chinese when winter is breaking + some of the early flowering trees are in blossom. It is also a debt paying time + above all an occasion to make social calls on all friends by a house to house canvas. (24) The few birds I set in the rice terraces caught two