Chap. XXII. 
STREETS OF PEKING. 
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CHAPTER XXII. 
be streets of Peking — Imperial palaces — Lama mosque — Western 
side of the city — Portuguese cemetery — Marble tablets — Tombs 
of Catholic priests — Ricci and Verries — Visits to the Chinese 
city — Scenes at the gates — The cabs of Peking — Shops and 
merchandise — Vegetables and fruits — “Paternoster Row” — 
Jade-stone and bronzes — Ancient porcelain — Temple of Agricul- 
ture — South side of Chinese city — Nursery gardens and plants — 
Country people — South-west side of Chinese city — Waste lands — 
Royal ladies expected — A September morning in Peking — Northern 
part of the Tartar city — The An-ting gate — Graves of English 
officers — The Lama temple — Chief features of Peking. 
Having obtained a bird’s-eye view of Peking from 
the top of the Observatory, we set out on the fol- 
lowing day to visit the Imperial city, the outside 
of the palaces, the little hill named King-shan, and 
other objects of interest to the westward. The 
streets of the capital differ much from those of the 
other towns in China which I have visited. They 
are very wide, straight, and generally run at right 
angles with each other, so that a stranger has little 
difficulty in finding his way from one point to 
another ; but they are, for the most part, in 
wretched condition. When the weather is wet 
they are full of puddles and almost impassable, 
and when it is dry and windy the dust is blinding 
and intolerable. 
