Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 2. Clay images found in a grave in a village near the railway track about IIO miles from Dairen{::^ii).. 3. A portable furnace and an oil lamp, made of earthenware, found in a grave•* ^ in a village near Port Arthur («^«=^ 178 leave their old home and reside in China. Not only was Manchuria thusdeserted by a \avj:^c number of its native population, but the jrovernment policyof that time was such that nol)ody was allowed into the eountrj exce]>t thoseentering it to collect wild ginsenj? or falcon feathers (which they used for mak-ing arrows) under government


Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 2. Clay images found in a grave in a village near the railway track about IIO miles from Dairen{::^ii).. 3. A portable furnace and an oil lamp, made of earthenware, found in a grave•* ^ in a village near Port Arthur («^«=^ 178 leave their old home and reside in China. Not only was Manchuria thusdeserted by a \avj:^c number of its native population, but the jrovernment policyof that time was such that nol)ody was allowed into the eountrj exce]>t thoseentering it to collect wild ginsenj? or falcon feathers (which they used for mak-ing arrows) under government orders. This lasted for about a century. AfttTthat period the prohibition was relaxed and Chinese began to migrate tothis great country. They increased in number as the years went by until 90l^er cent, of the inhabitants of Manchuria are now Chinese, the remainderbeing the original Manchus, Tungus tribes living along the lower reaches of theSungari (t/J^HiJl), and Mongols in the Khingan .Mountains {MJi^\hM)- II. Historical SketcH Manchuria ajjpears in history for the first time about the Ijeginning ofthe 3rd century before the


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