Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 242. Shoushanpao (1?|l!<*). a famous battle-field in Kusso-Japanese war, about 3 miles soutii-west of LiaoyaniJ l;SIW)-. 243. Tachibana-yama ((t|D\~anDther^battIe-fieId adjoiningrShoushanpaol ^lU^).the monument on the top of the hill was erected to Colonel TachlbanaiM^tfit who fell in the attack onIthe Russians defendinij theghill. No to\ in Alanoluiria, nnrl few towns in China, can take tis fartherl)ack- into tlie dim and distant aijes of the past than Liaoyang (itPS)- Itwas already in existence in as remote a period as 1,000 years before theChristian

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Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 242. Shoushanpao (1?|l!<*). a famous battle-field in Kusso-Japanese war, about 3 miles soutii-west of LiaoyaniJ l;SIW)-. 243. Tachibana-yama ((t|D\~anDther^battIe-fieId adjoiningrShoushanpaol ^lU^).the monument on the top of the hill was erected to Colonel TachlbanaiM^tfit who fell in the attack onIthe Russians defendinij theghill. No to\ in Alanoluiria, nnrl few towns in China, can take tis fartherl)ack- into tlie dim and distant aijes of the past than Liaoyang (itPS)- Itwas already in existence in as remote a period as 1,000 years before theChristian lira. The ])rcsent city is comparatiyely modern, haying been bniltat the beoinning of the 19th century. One of the oklest relics ot Old Liatiyang(?giw) i>r the famous Lama Tower which can be seen from the railwaystation It is over 1,000 years old, and its sides are^coyered with caryedimages of Buddha. The town has a iini)ulation of .^4-,000 of Iwhich .^,000are Japanese. — 286 244

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