Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . no lessthan six or eight wellswithin the legation-grounds. There are in the Bri-tish legation not only theestablishment of the min-ister and separate estab-lishments for the first andsecond secretaries, butextensive quarters andbarracks for consular stu-dents and military es-corts, the ministers pri-vate stables, and generalstables for the rest of thelegation.
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . no lessthan six or eight wellswithin the legation-grounds. There are in the Bri-tish legation not only theestablishment of the min-ister and separate estab-lishments for the first andsecond secretaries, butextensive quarters andbarracks for consular stu-dents and military es-corts, the ministers pri-vate stables, and generalstables for the rest of thelegation. The legation,in fact, is such a largeestablishment that it hasits own doctor and hospital and its own chapel and chaplain. Theother legations, except the American, are all maintained on thesame general plan, though not on so elaborate a scale. LEGATION LIFE. To some, legation life in Pekin might almost seem many years it was comparitively quiet, with tournaments inspring and fall, and the delightful summers in the old temples onthe famous Western Hills, the only excitement being furnished bythe excursions and side trips to the imperial potteries, where thebeautiful yellow, green, and blue porcelains are made under the. SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD,British Minister at Pekin. OPENING THE SEALED GATES. 439 direction of a descendant of the original inventor, who died yearsago ; to the beautiful deer park, with its thousands of antleredmonarchs ; or to the ruins of the famous summer palaces, whichwere destroyed by the allies in 1860. In winter the tennis courtsare flooded and turned into skating rinks, which are housed overwith sheds of bamboo matting, and become the scenes of regularcarnivals. But since the outbreak of the Japanese war no one can justlycomplain of monotony in Pekin life. The city has been overrunwith concession-seeking adventurers who have entertained likeprinces with a constant succession of state balls and dinners. Theautumn and spring meets of the Pekin Jockey
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