The Long White Mountain : or, A journey in Manchuria; with some account of the history, people, administration and religion of that country . aken on carts to Kirin. They were decently clad,but looked thorough ruffians. The soldiers said theyhad been in pursuit of them for three months, and thatothers had got away, one of them wounded. Accordingto the Jesuit surveyors, both Ninguta and Petunawere repeopled with exiles after the Manchu conquestof China; so the brigand-pest may be due to ancestraltaint. Kuan-cheng tzii lies close to an important streamcalled the I-tung Ho, in the middle of a ver
The Long White Mountain : or, A journey in Manchuria; with some account of the history, people, administration and religion of that country . aken on carts to Kirin. They were decently clad,but looked thorough ruffians. The soldiers said theyhad been in pursuit of them for three months, and thatothers had got away, one of them wounded. Accordingto the Jesuit surveyors, both Ninguta and Petunawere repeopled with exiles after the Manchu conquestof China; so the brigand-pest may be due to ancestraltaint. Kuan-cheng tzii lies close to an important streamcalled the I-tung Ho, in the middle of a very fertileplain, somewhat broken up by watercourses, resemblinga piece of the Tapti valley. It is surrounded by aditch and low mud wall, with a rusty gun on a worm-eaten carriage mounted at each gateway. A few yearshence, Hulan and other towns in the north may reduceits importance; but trade-centres are difficult to shift,and at present it is by far the largest emporium in thenorth. A busy, bustling place it is. The Chinese herehave forgotten their steady, solemn gait, and hurry abouttheir work as if their lives depended on their HUN-CHUN TO PA-CRTA-TZV 377 The main street, which runs north and south, is nearlythree miles long, extending from one end of the townto the other. It is really a splendid thoroughfare—abewildering vista of sign-posts, and obelisks, and giltinscriptions, and lamps. The four cross streets are alsoprettily decorated. The first time we went out themob pursued us, but afterwards we got runners fromthe yanien, who kept them off and answered the old,old questions they kept putting about us—How oldare they? What are their boots made of? Arenttheir clothes very cold? How many carts have theygot? What do they pay them? How many servantshave they? What are their wages?—and so on There is a temple at the east gate to Lao-yeh, inthe enclosure of which is a two-storied building dedi-cated to some star or mortal who has been raised tothe s
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