. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . rose, and breakfast was hurried. Thencame all the officials of Tung Chow—mandarins in red and bluebuttons—to welcome the General and ask him to remain andbreakfast with them. But the sun was rising, and it was im-portant to reach Pekin if possible before he was on us in all ofhis power. There were chairs from Prince Kung for some ofthe party and horses for others. There were mule litters for theluggage and donkeys for the servants, and at eight oclock wewere under way. The General rode ah
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . rose, and breakfast was hurried. Thencame all the officials of Tung Chow—mandarins in red and bluebuttons—to welcome the General and ask him to remain andbreakfast with them. But the sun was rising, and it was im-portant to reach Pekin if possible before he was on us in all ofhis power. There were chairs from Prince Kung for some ofthe party and horses for others. There were mule litters for theluggage and donkeys for the servants, and at eight oclock wewere under way. The General rode ahead in a chair carried byeight bearers. This is an honor paid only to the highest personsin China. The other chairs were carried by four bearers. and Mrs. Holcombe rode some distance behind the Gen-eral, two other chairs were occupied by two other members ofthe party and the rest mounted. By the time we formed in pro-cession it was really a procession, a little army. Our own party,with the servants, was large enough, and to this was added theChinese troops who were to escort us to (677) 678 AROUND THE WORLD. So we scrambled up the dusty bank and into the gates ofthe town and through the narrow streets. The whole town wasout, and as our chairs passed the people stared at the occupantswith curious eyes. What we noticed in the aspect of the peoplewas that they had stronger and coarser features than those inAmoy and Canton. We saw the predominance of the Tartar inthe Tartar types, which are marked and readily distinguishedfrom the Chinese. There were Tartar women in the crowds,their hair braided in a fashion we had never seen before, and theircheeks tinted with an obvious vermilion. Tradesmen left theirbooths and workmen their avocations to see the barbarians whohad invaded Tung Chow, and were marching through, not as in-vaders nor as prisoners, but as the honored guests of the and prisoners had been seen before, but never a bar-barian, in an i
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