We passed an entire day together walking and celebrating in the early morning we left with coolies armed with machetes Laotian sabers to cleaear the road that leads to the great tat Froom the height of its hillock the old temple overlooks the entire territory of Xiieng Sen Few eities have so many ruined structures of the city and sixty-five in the outlying areas Here and there one can see gilded and sculpted remains of buildings and many stacked-up Buddha statues abandoned under the invading vegetation. These are Buddhas wWith long ears of the Yuon ear The prettiest ones are so weighted with wealth that it is impossible for collectors to abstain from the themptation.