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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  THE 
  MAGISTRATE 
  OE 
  TSINGNING 
  LIVES 
  IN 
  A 
  TENT 
  ON 
  THE 
  SITE 
  OE 
  HIS 
  RUINED 
  

  

  YAMEN 
  (COURT 
  BUILDING) 
  

  

  This 
  official 
  is 
  codircctor 
  of 
  the 
  relief 
  work 
  in 
  his 
  district. 
  His 
  wife, 
  an 
  unusually 
  progressive 
  

   woman, 
  and 
  his 
  son 
  are 
  also 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  picture. 
  

  

  A 
  THRESHING-FLOOR, 
  ONCE 
  LEVEL 
  AS 
  A 
  DANCING 
  FLOOR, 
  CRACKED 
  UP 
  INTO 
  MANY 
  

  

  LEVELS 
  BY 
  THE 
  QUAKE 
  

  

  Note 
  the 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  compound 
  wall. 
  Six 
  hundred 
  sheep 
  were 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  collapsed 
  caves 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  rear. 
  

  

  