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Points and Things of Interest
about Fenchow, Shansi

3 stone tablets written by 竹溪 quoting
two T'ang dynasty poems of Tu Mu
Lin Han Yü et al. Find handwriting
[Ching?] also one stone in grass characters
by some writer - not very legible
all in [Tehn?] Ning Szu East suburbs.

Per spring stone in Sheng Mu temple
East suburb.

Old K'ang Hsi small iron bell hangs on
gate at South Suburb pagoda, used
as gate knocker.

In nearest city SW of Fenchow W. gate
in temple in S. part of that village is
wooden tablet dated Hong Wu 27 year
(1394) oldest wooden tablet I have seen.

Tablet in old hospital court of Ch'ien Lung time.
Stone above gate of Ti Ch'in Temple
next to boy's school is of Wan Si (Ming)

Dr. Watson found burnt clay pillars with
bones of dead on hospital ground.

Find old buried courts in compound of
our Mission.

At West Gate is stone dated Cheng
Te 9th year.

Birds on city wall (iron) 101 yrs old,
cast in P'ing Yao for 500 tiao.

Old tablets under tower of East suburb.

Old tablets of Wan Si 22nd yr on W.
suburb walls and S gate of N suburbs.