Christian Century . ruined. One unhappy group of officials,hemmed round by revolutionaries, and wholly exposed, and often broken into,by storms or prowling beasts. But presently we reached the end ofthe long avenue leading to the tomb. Itis marked by curious stone images oflions, camels, elephants, priests and war-riors, standing in pairs, facing eachother across the paved but grass-grownroad, and recurring at intervals of per-haps an eighth of a mile on the long ap-proach. Were these supposed to repre-sent sacrificial victims, slain at the tombof the great emperor ? Such figures oc-cur along
Christian Century . ruined. One unhappy group of officials,hemmed round by revolutionaries, and wholly exposed, and often broken into,by storms or prowling beasts. But presently we reached the end ofthe long avenue leading to the tomb. Itis marked by curious stone images oflions, camels, elephants, priests and war-riors, standing in pairs, facing eachother across the paved but grass-grownroad, and recurring at intervals of per-haps an eighth of a mile on the long ap-proach. Were these supposed to repre-sent sacrificial victims, slain at the tombof the great emperor ? Such figures oc-cur along the approaches to the royaltombs at Mukden, and at Pekin. AT THE TOMB MOUND. Then we reached a great gateway withelaborate inscriptions, a further pavedcourt, a second massive gate structure,and behind all the tomb mound, thrownup above the hidden sepulchre. Once therewas a subterranean tunnel leading to theroyal chamber. Now all is closed anddeserted. Aside from the few traffick-ers who display little Buddhas, seal. Main Building, University of Nanking. knowing their fate should they be takenas prisoners, deliberately shut them-selves in a handsome building and blewup the place with powder. The shock ofthe explosion tore a huge hole in theearth, and demolished a considerable sec-tion of the wall near by. Through thismelancholy district we drove, whileProf. Meigs pointed out different heapsof ruins where great buildings of theolder Chinese type had stood. Then hetold us of eases in which Manchu refu-gees, wounded and terror stricken, hadfound refuge with the missionaries, andbeen saved from death and worse. THROUGH THE GATES. On we drove, out through the gates thatled from the Manchu city to the opencountry. The walls of Nanking are veryextensive, not less than twenty-fivemiles in circumference, and in normaltimes the population was fully half a mil-lion. Outside the walls the country isrough, hilly, and to all appearance, bar-ren. We drove along the outer side ofthe walls for
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