356 "VIEWS FROM THE OBSERVATORY. Chap. XXI. 
There is no place in Peking whence a better 
idea of the size of the city and the positions of its 
various objects of interest can be obtained than 
from the top of the Observatory. Having marked 
well the different objects and places most worthy 
of closer inspection, I determined to visit them in 
order during the following days of my stay in the 
capital. 
