MEDICAL MISSION. 
Chap. XXI. 
the other by flights of broad stone steps, and 
separated from each other hy paved courts. The 
wood carving in these halls is of the most elaborate 
kind ; and as the whole place has been put into 
admirable order, it is a fitting residence for the 
Minister of Great Britain, and one in which he 
can worthily receive the high officials of the Court 
of the Emperor. 
At right angles with these halls, and ranged 
along each side, are numerous buildings of a less 
pretending kind, which are used as rooms for the 
officers of the Legation, and for visitors. In one 
of these rooms I found my old friend Dr. Lock- 
hart, of the Medical Missionary Society, who had 
come to establish an hospital in the capital, similar 
to that which he had carried on so successfully 
for many years in Shanghae. Before I left the 
city he had obtained, through the influence of 
Mr. Bruce and the assistance of Mr. Wade, pos- 
session of an adjoining building, which he intended 
to fit up as a residence and as an hospital. This 
is a matter of no slight importance, and will 
doubtless be productive of a great amount of good. 
I believe no religious efforts in China are likely to 
be crowned with so much success as those of the 
medical missionary. The Chinese, cold and un- 
impressihle as they are, can understand and 
appreciate his labours. Skilful, disinterested, 
“ healing all manner of diseases ” without “ money 
and without price,” he can make an impression 
on their “ stony hearts,” and thus prepare a soil 
