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·· Why do you not fly to it? We behold the religious men who occupy those chamber constantly on the wing.” “Because our wings are not yet perfectly formed.” The country of Ta-thsin is precipitous, and the road dangerous and difficult to find. Those who wish to go there ought to give a present to the king of the country, either money or goods. The king then deputes certain men to accompany them as guides, and so they pass the travellers from one place to another, each party pointing out their own roads and intricate bye-paths. Fah Hian finding himself in the end unable to proceed to that country, reports in the above passages merely what he heard.’—(Beal’s *Travels of Fah Hian and Sung-Yan*, pp. 139, 141.)