. The awakening of China . SHANGHAI: MOUTH OF SUCHOW CREEK. SH.^GHAI: RIVER MEW UP-STREAM CHAPTER VII PROVINCE OF CHIHLI Taku — Tientsin—Peking — The Summer Palace—Patachu—Temples of Heaven, Earth, and Agri-culture—Foreign Quarter—The Forbidden City—King-Han Railway—Paoting-fu CROSSING the gulf we reach Taku, at the mouthof the Peiho, and, passing the dismantled forts,ascend the river to Tientsin. In 1858 I spent two months at Taku and Tientsinin connection with the tedious negotiations of thatyear. At the latter place I became familiar with thedusty road to the treaty temple; and at the forme
. The awakening of China . SHANGHAI: MOUTH OF SUCHOW CREEK. SH.^GHAI: RIVER MEW UP-STREAM CHAPTER VII PROVINCE OF CHIHLI Taku — Tientsin—Peking — The Summer Palace—Patachu—Temples of Heaven, Earth, and Agri-culture—Foreign Quarter—The Forbidden City—King-Han Railway—Paoting-fu CROSSING the gulf we reach Taku, at the mouthof the Peiho, and, passing the dismantled forts,ascend the river to Tientsin. In 1858 I spent two months at Taku and Tientsinin connection with the tedious negotiations of thatyear. At the latter place I became familiar with thedusty road to the treaty temple; and at the former Iwitnessed the capttire of the forts by the combinedsquadrons of Great Britain and France. The nextyear on the same ground I saw the allied forces repvdsedwith heavy loss—a defeat avenged by the capture ofPeking in i860. In the Boxer War the relief force met with formidableopposition at Tientsin. The place has, however, risenwith new splendotir from its half-ruined condition, andnow poses as the principal residence of the most power-
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