. China : its marvel and mystery. a low door, leading to a long straightstone staircase, dark as night; to go up this staircaseone should have a candle or torch. Climbing it, andreaching the chamber above, one is well the balcony, on all sides, can be seen the citystretching out. To the north, past the Bell Tower andover a mass of roofs, can be seen the northern walls,and, beyond, the undulating land stretching away to theYellow Temple. To the east are more houses, with thehigher roofs of temples appearing among them. To thewest, far off, are seen the western hills; and to the so
. China : its marvel and mystery. a low door, leading to a long straightstone staircase, dark as night; to go up this staircaseone should have a candle or torch. Climbing it, andreaching the chamber above, one is well the balcony, on all sides, can be seen the citystretching out. To the north, past the Bell Tower andover a mass of roofs, can be seen the northern walls,and, beyond, the undulating land stretching away to theYellow Temple. To the east are more houses, with thehigher roofs of temples appearing among them. To thewest, far off, are seen the western hills; and to the south,at ones feet, is the long straight street leading up to oneof the gates of the Imperial City. Behind that risesCoal or Prospect Hill, crowded with out of the trees to the right is the Dagoba, withinthe Winter Palace, and nearer one can see gleamingwater connecting with the Lotus Lake, and making, bycanal, a waterway between this and the Summer Palace fifteen miles away. To the left are the yellow roofs of 172.
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