But the temple where prayer is offered most earnestly, is the small temple near the _Yesu-tang_, erected to the goddess who has in her power the dispensation of the pleasures of maternity.

Rarely did I pass here without seeing two or three childless wives on their knees, praying to the goddess to remove from them the sin of barrenness.
Some of the largest caravanserais I have seen in China are in Tali.

One of the largest belongs to the city, and is managed by the authorities for the benefit of the poor, all profits being devoted to a poor-relief fund.

There are many storerooms here, filled with foreign goods and stores imported from Burma, and useful wares and ornamental nick-nacks brought from the West by Cantonese pedlars.

Prices are curiously low.