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THi: SSPUIvCITER OF CONFUCIUS 



"The sepulcher of Con-fu-tse is surrounded by old trees," wrote Meyer of this sacred 

 spot. "The large black trunk to the left belongs to an old male specimen of Pistachio, chinen- 

 sis which is several centuries old. The stems in front are Juniperus chinensis. This whole 

 group exhales a spirit of the gray, hoary past, from which influence one cannot escape." 



of Kuldja. There we were, without any- 

 body knowing the roads and in a district 

 considered dangerous. 



"We marched according to a map I 

 have .and with the aid of a compass, and 



we finally reached a Kalmuck village, 

 where I was received with great honors. 

 The native chief had a special tent erected 

 for me, killed a sheep, and was very 

 friendly ; and that was in the dreaded 



