. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. IMPERIAL PALACE AT PEKING. 189. A Street in Peking. f there are no chimneys, the rooms being warmed by pans of lighted charcoal,of which fuel great quantities are brought from Tartary on dromedaries, andthese animals are constandy seen thus laden in the streets of the city. The new town was partly built, and greatly embellished, by the EmperorYong-lo, when he removed the court from Nanking to Peking, which wasthen entirely inhabited by Chinese ; but when it was taken by the Mant-chows, th
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. IMPERIAL PALACE AT PEKING. 189. A Street in Peking. f there are no chimneys, the rooms being warmed by pans of lighted charcoal,of which fuel great quantities are brought from Tartary on dromedaries, andthese animals are constandy seen thus laden in the streets of the city. The new town was partly built, and greatly embellished, by the EmperorYong-lo, when he removed the court from Nanking to Peking, which wasthen entirely inhabited by Chinese ; but when it was taken by the Mant-chows, the native people were all driven out, and the houses given to theTartar conquerors, since which time it has been called the Tartar city. The imperial palace at Peking is a vast assemblage of buildings, bothlarge and small, built within a variety of courts, among which they are dis-persed along with pavilions, porticos, and canals, and the detached buildingsare connected together by means of galleries and covered passages. Thetoxit emnnhle presents a most extraordinary appearance ; the roofs being tiledwith yellow porcelain, give an e
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