. The awakening of China . ed with clumps of trees over-shadowing some family cemetery or the grave of somegrandee. Between the city and the hills are the Yuen MingYuen, the Emperors summer palace, burnt in i860and still an unsightly ruin, and the Eho Yuen, the sum-mer residence of the Empress Dowager. Enclosingtwo or three pretty hills and near to a lofty range,the latter occupies a site of rare beauty. It alsopossesses mountain water in rich abundance. No fewerthan twenty-fotir springs gush from the base of oneof its hills, feeding a pretty lake and numberlesscanals. Partly destroyed in i860
. The awakening of China . ed with clumps of trees over-shadowing some family cemetery or the grave of somegrandee. Between the city and the hills are the Yuen MingYuen, the Emperors summer palace, burnt in i860and still an unsightly ruin, and the Eho Yuen, the sum-mer residence of the Empress Dowager. Enclosingtwo or three pretty hills and near to a lofty range,the latter occupies a site of rare beauty. It alsopossesses mountain water in rich abundance. No fewerthan twenty-fotir springs gush from the base of oneof its hills, feeding a pretty lake and numberlesscanals. Partly destroyed in i860, this palace was formany years as silent as the halls of Palmyra. I haveoften wandered through its neglected grounds. Now,every prominent rock is crowned with pagoda orpavilion. There are, however, some things which theslave of the lamp is unable to produce even at thecommand of an empress—^there are no venerable oaksor tall pines to lend their majesty to the scene. Patachu, in the adjacent hills, used to be a favourite. MEMCiRIAL OF THE (;ERMA\ (■CCUFATION OF KIAUTSCHOU (KIAO-CHAO)
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