Travels in north and central China . orld. All the arrangements for our picnic were ofdeep interest to the monks, who, for the most part,were young men. On their shaven crowns, eachbore three rows of three round marks, which signified,we were told, that they had passed their novitiate. Very good-natured they were to the children, who,unmolested and petted, played about in this choicegarden. The Chinese show kindly interest in foreignchildren and do not deride them as they derideforeign adults. The military exercises of the Chinese seemedfitted rather for amusement and spectacular displaythan f
Travels in north and central China . orld. All the arrangements for our picnic were ofdeep interest to the monks, who, for the most part,were young men. On their shaven crowns, eachbore three rows of three round marks, which signified,we were told, that they had passed their novitiate. Very good-natured they were to the children, who,unmolested and petted, played about in this choicegarden. The Chinese show kindly interest in foreignchildren and do not deride them as they derideforeign adults. The military exercises of the Chinese seemedfitted rather for amusement and spectacular displaythan for any serious purpose. On the paradeground in the north-east angle of the wall was a shortfiring-range, where men fired with obsolete gunsat a target about three feet six inches high, and18 inches wide, at a distance of 80 yards. Most ofthe marksmen sat on their heels, placed an elbowon each knee, shut their eyes, and let go. Of coursethey rarely hit the target. There was no one incharge at the target end, and hits were not MONKS l\ A TEMPLE NEAR CHENG-TU. CHENG- TU— MISSION A RIES, 347 A crowd of boys and youths hung round the buttand rushed between the shots to dig the bullet outof the sandy ground. There was no order or controlanywhere. Sometimes the men were drilled in squads inEuropean fashion but by Chinese instructors, withChinese modifications, and with the inevitable
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