GLIMPSES OF KOREA AND CHINA 



929 



HAULING AN IMMENSE LOG 



power of the evil eye with which the 

 lens of the instrument is associated, it is 

 but trivial. 



Probably no part of the Dragon Em- 

 pire can furnish such a stream of enter- 

 taining subjects as the great city of 

 Peking, for on its site there has been 

 a city 3,000 years, and it has been the 

 seat of government since 1282. The 

 present population is estimated at 1,500,- 

 000, and, although its massive wall 50 

 feet high describes a circumference of 

 but 25 miles, the thickly populated sub- 

 urbs close to the enclosure are fully as 

 attractive. 



Of all subjects we attempted to openly 

 kodak in the city of Peking, the dainty, 

 shy Manchu women were the most diffi- 

 cult. Naturally retiring, they seemed 

 instinctively conscious of the presence of 

 the camera, as a crow is said to smell the 

 powder of the hunter, and so exhibited 

 their timidity by running like a rabbit, 

 dodging into doorways, where they 

 would stay until the danger was passed. 

 One would scarcely think they would 

 object to a foreigner conveying their 

 picture to their sisters on the opposite 

 side of the globe, since they had spent so 

 much time in arranging their hair on the 

 peculiar-shaped thin boards, liberally ap- 



plying cosmetic and vermilion on their 

 faces and arraying themselves in their 

 handsome gowns. 



The mode of travel to the interior of 

 China is on the back of a donkey or 

 in the springless mandarin or Pekingese 

 cart drawn by the same animal. During 

 the trip to the Ming Tombs the snapshot 

 was made which resulted in taking what 

 proves to be a puzzle picture (see page 

 924). The umbrella was held low to 

 prevent our taking the faces of the pas- 

 sengers, for if examined carefully a 

 second person may be seen holding the 

 umbrella. 



One of the cheaper conveyances in 

 Peking is the open Pekingese cart. It 

 has a canvas covering extending from 

 over the donkey's head to the back end 

 of the vehicle. The most elaborate 

 feature of the outfit is the fellies of the 

 wheels, which are embellished with 

 three rows of ornamental headed nails, 

 giving the appearance of great strength. 

 Although the jolting propensity makes 

 these wagons most uncomfortable, never- 

 theless they are very popular and are 

 frequently so filled with people that there 

 is standing room only. 



Peking is the Mecca toward which 

 weary, burdened caravans wend their 



