The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . Avenue to Ming Tombs of Nanking. Nanking City Wall T,, , /•„,„? :•; THE PORT ACROSS THE WAY 21 buildings of the erstwhile capital are a great grey heapof ruins near the South Gate. And the old examinationhalls, with their tiny cubicles and long corridors wherescholars came j^ear after year to struggle for theirdegrees, are gone, too, since the beginning of Repub-hcan days. Only the tombs of the Ming Emperorshave remained to watch through the centuries. Always it is found thus in China, history withinhistory, event piled upon ev
The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . Avenue to Ming Tombs of Nanking. Nanking City Wall T,, , /•„,„? :•; THE PORT ACROSS THE WAY 21 buildings of the erstwhile capital are a great grey heapof ruins near the South Gate. And the old examinationhalls, with their tiny cubicles and long corridors wherescholars came j^ear after year to struggle for theirdegrees, are gone, too, since the beginning of Repub-hcan days. Only the tombs of the Ming Emperorshave remained to watch through the centuries. Always it is found thus in China, history withinhistory, event piled upon event until the atmosphereis so burdened with the age of a great civilization thatone is ever walking old ways and gazing into the facesof men who have walked thus since their lives began. A crenelated wall wanders for 23 miles around thecity of Nanking, up and down over hill and valley,supporting high, picturesque ramps or falhng intoequally picturesque ruin, all grey and lavender as thesunhght and shadows fall. To the eastward. PurpleMountain looms large and near, protecting, unde
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