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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



© Underwood & Underwood 



INSTEAD OP NARROW. TORTUOUS STREETS, PEKING HAS STRAIGHT, BROAD 



THOROUGHFARES. MANY OF THEM TURKIC MILES LONG 

 The explanation for the difference in physical aspect between China's "pitd a ml J«ch 

 cities as Shanghai Canton, and Hankow is that Peking is a Tatar rather than a U""*** 

 city! for it was built by adventurous barbarians of the north, men who lived in the saddle 

 and upon the steppes and plains (see text, page 335)- 



