Show t 00 ar T cis ti ap fr a K 19 I 1 N 6 I 1 r 01 1 3 r it tit A leiv ar 4 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 azil ish an fn 10 0 I 1 1 i 4 iv I 1 the wagon road from to ackin crosses the th S 8 shaped loops of 0 the pel rei ho ila river at t several point points the two cities the country is I 1 very lerel level and devoid devold ct cf picturesque fea lureL the river Is to billow shallow atud ud very brond in lit piece the channel I 1 a only suited tor for light draught drought and Is I 1 hard to follow the chinee chinese boats at are poled up the river and sail all or dritt drift down the chinese have now b cocked the channel A large part ot of the country can be flooded by tactics of the grand canal this fleas high above the co antry the land ij Is given up almost eu uil rely to thet cultivation ol 01 mill mil l the principal Clil train grain ed iod e d to truck gardening eara gara dening the truck girdens are th the mott most cabbages a par aKui peas lorai tod pumpkin pumpkins and other vegetables tty brow grow are the finest in the wara I 1 the chines 9 cultivator cultivators ire are ind independent pendent of nature and the element elements they depend belth or r on rain nor sunshine suna hine to ralie raise their vegetables the work goes on uninterruptedly all the year round there are hardly iny wood woods here but from time to time there are little thi k c of treca trees which five give shade and have a peculiarly chinese appear anco ance small hamlet hamlets are scattered the land ecjpe deTi opi many faranso feature features as a one approaches I 1 pro preaches aches ej the towns lh lit ef among these ore are high poes with decapitated human heads atuck stuck on top of them this la is the component com form of in chan v and the mandarin rut rats the heads ottalle the city to remind travelers trav tiera witt without out delay of 0 the fate that await awaits evildoer telegraph po ex 0 diversify divent fy the scenery with head poles another curious feature consists of row rows of huge grotesque tigers and other animal animals carved in soapstone oa pitone they form a sort of artificial menagerie there are ar avenue avenues 0 c these thier I adful to the entrance entrances to several cities they are jut I 1 ut there aa as bata bj ta of art aal nj not for any rell glois in many in to the country there are also colomal colo osal stati it 1 gods ode ant ani warriors wan lore afler sang 1 Is yang yong atun Ts un eight ten miles rom from the how are built of mud brick ma made de with staw their are quite comfortable insle and very pretty in appearance 0 on n a account acou I 1 it 0 of I 1 the virge vegetation tation around them aa as at an many other town towns there la Is a canal crowed crossed by a boat bridge lota lofa about terly relic miles from tien tain in a more lupo rUnt place than biot most of 0 the other others tin till country I 1 is Pome fo shat rolling here this place is I 1 the seat at ot of an tIn VOrt mand mandarin rP ula headd bartera lar tera or y men Is abig a big building of bue liae brick ornamented with dragoni dragons and gaver chentse broad beasts the entrance li Is ap corabel decorated co ratel ith the head heads of decapitated criminals c in a pound alongside along alile it other crimin criminality alit may ts b undergoing vadas forra form of tor ture lure A punishment thui is inflicted for the moat most il fence offences of L the langue a huge cellar collar of ocal almost to havy heavy ti 0 be borne but to arranged that it prevents prisoner from lying down forty miles from Ti ertsin Is the import ut lit walled city ot of ali ling a which Is near the army a route this place la Is about fur thousand vears old I 1 had a peculiar e hern here in what la Is described aa as a first clas achl nese hotel there Is a famous joss house in lang fang which contain contains t venty idola idols or gods including the cod god of A ar the god of strength the god of death the god of eyes the god of fertility and other others followers Follow rs of buddha and confucius use these the ie joss bouses houses impart ally them there Is also a temple of tortures this la is el cd ed with fl aures made of clay and papier mache illustrating in to an a extremely realistic real litle manner all the tortures tor turea by chiai law it IA far more horrible than lue the chamber of horror horrors at t mme tussaud Tin sauda s ot of a her you a A representation man ma being sawed awed in half ball and another other being lowly gito braund to on U a a grindstone and to on OIL ho SI WU I 1 Is a town t own of b le size about fifty miles from li Is a scull small rlue 0 on n the rail rall too road d come some fifty mil ft from om tien fin w which aich may figure u the march of the alike at this point the natural rou route to ot of the army turna turns peas reul tal tat twenty four rolles miles from Is I 1 situated on top ot of a ridge from pekin come comes suddenly into it tw the eight of this greid and mysterious city with it ails al aud and quaintly nily roofed temples la Is one that cannot fall to create a deep imp r elon apont the 1 love er it make makes cai on think of a trav c er in ancient day days coming in taht of the bac acred red city of jerusalem here la Is the grand canal atch Is a great artificial w waterway connect las pekin with ankin it C be ocen embankment embankments which rise high above the surrounding rounding Bur country in ia time times of peace the cinal einal li is covered with a vast fleet deet of junks so me 0 which are Is eger than a large ocean steamer chev draw aa as much ea es ten feet of water and h have a v e au on diat lenam nd beam tre famous west gate of atkin Is the one through which the ord ordinary lairy traveler from makes his cu entrance tranee the cate gate has the of a new ew lork city bock b ock and in the casago through it i there are a dozen gates of different I 1 patterns tome some opening in the some working on hing hinges and find other others falling failing like s the alia rise to a height of eighty feet and over the gate there la is a temple a hun bun dred feet high with trees growing crowing around it on top of the wall PEKIN 10 9 7 am 1 5 D w 0 Z r I 1 1 ia i 4 ta 1 Z 7 75 zi aoi la VI JAA 4 e I 1 M now ac Z P 04 0 4 I 1 b Z 4 X I 1 Z I 1 iena I 1 11 06 ll 11 t ft 1 I it ia ja N apt ina Z lp f 1 T ar 31 4 P ipa Z f I 1 anad P I 1 i e M I 1 w W ft qi i ve g Y ata N 1 it ar agg 1 vi 1 A 1 Q Z 1 4 I 1 11 ar t I 1 r s V I 1 I 1 11 r v ft N A rw I 1 ex M as mi a 1 I PE CHI 11 in L 1 N A 51 ge 4 ft I 1 K k V 1 AMI ial aa 4 I 1 it rk 9 LL e 1 4 I 1 ral I 1 1 2 1 I 1 aia 4 will asio R t I 1 TAKU 1 rh I 1 1 V TUNG I 1 cac AL HYEN t rj W I 1 fa to ho rati r T cro ir Z tl ar aik e em alx 1 chyr ea lx T 7 1 6 i pm ta Z Z aa C I 1 1 ty IF I 1 r W J iii t 51 Z V az YUNC N i alo Y E L aw SEA MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN AND PEKIN |