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Photo by S. S. Howland 

 STANDING CAMEL AND ELKPHANTS : THE; MING TOMBS 



"The animals that stand sentry on either side of the Holy Way, as you pass from the 

 great five-arched p'ai-lou to the tombs beyond, are left to subsist upon desert dust and a 

 barren despoliation, where once grew trees of a dozen varieties and all the greenery of the 

 Flowery Kingdom. These animals are the delight of every tourist that has ever visited 

 Peking, but if another generation of tourists are permitted to admire them, with no restraint 

 upon their privileges, they are doomed." — First two photos and note by Arthur J. Lowell. 



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