. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. 7 ^\ ^. 3C CD &3 o C3IS t3O , tiJi|liiilliiili;liiiiiiM^ ,Ui»ii:viiiJiii:a;.;a„iii;i,.i,:[iiiiiaji;liliyM THE MANTCHOW DYNASTY—KEA-KING: 1795-1820. 127 those who had become robbers by profession, and partly of revolutionists,who joined with the banditti as a means of strengthening their force. Allwere equally terrible to the peaceful inhabitants, who were plundered withimpunity, the robbers coming in such numbers as to intimidate the magis-trates, some of whom were possibly more inclin
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. 7 ^\ ^. 3C CD &3 o C3IS t3O , tiJi|liiilliiili;liiiiiiM^ ,Ui»ii:viiiJiii:a;.;a„iii;i,.i,:[iiiiiaji;liliyM THE MANTCHOW DYNASTY—KEA-KING: 1795-1820. 127 those who had become robbers by profession, and partly of revolutionists,who joined with the banditti as a means of strengthening their force. Allwere equally terrible to the peaceful inhabitants, who were plundered withimpunity, the robbers coming in such numbers as to intimidate the magis-trates, some of whom were possibly more inclined to encourage than tooppose them. In the year 1813, the palace at Peking was suddenly attacked by a nu-merous body of armed men, who forced the gates, and rushed into the greathall, with the intention of seizing the emperor, and obliging him to abdicatethe throne. A similar attempt had been made ten years previously, sincewhich time Kea-king had taken care to have a strong body-guard in con-stant attendance; and besides this precaution, a double guard was posted atevery gate; therefore it is suppos
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