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The Buffer, or Buttress, to the East of the Haining Pagoda, broken 



down by the Bore. 



The Bore 



We first witnessed the bore on the night of September 5, 1906, 

 really in the early morn of September 6. Arriving at the pagoda at 

 midnight, it was not long before we could distinguish a distant murmur 

 which increased very gradually for an hour, and was the more im- 



Further Detail of the Above Picture. 



