Father Leguilcher. 



CHAPTER IV 



TALI-FOU 



Father Leguilcher — History of Tali — Francis Garnier — Murder of Margaiy — Mussulman 

 War — Persecution of Christians — Our Relations with the Mandarins — Trade — The 

 Minchias — Environs of Tali — The Lake — Chinese Superstition. 



Father Leguilcher, in whose house we were now lodged, had 



been forty-three years in China, in succession to Fathers Huot, 



Dumont, and Fage, and was still in full vigour for his work. 



The dwelling which he occupied was built in 1868, by the 



eldest brother of a leading Mussulman, and was one of the 



best in Tali. Entrance to it was gained through several paved 



interior courts, round which were rany^ed stone benches, with 



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