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CHAPTER IX. 
Tlie Great Wall— Quaint-looking Watch house — Inquisitive Sons of Ham 
— Visit to the Temples — Birds Shot by our Sportsmen — Hawking 
at the Great Wall — Flowers and Insects — Wreck of the Medusa — 
Scarcity of Land Shells— Humming-bird Hawk-moth — The Shield 
Slirimp — Staunton Island. 
As we approached the slightly jirojectiug. angle of 
.the coast of Pechcli, where the Great Wall ends in 
the waters of the Gulf of Liau-tung, we peroeived a 
naiTOw tawny line of sand and some green clusters 
of dark trees, with the gable ends of joss-houses 
showing through the foliage, and for a background 
a slate-coloured mountain range. The Great Wall, 
with its square towers and crenellated parapet, 
climbs the distant hills, and winds along the level 
plain at their base. Landing at some rocks, we 
passed through a gap in the ruined pier of the Sea- 
Gate, mounted a flight of broad granite steps, and got 
upon the top of the wall. Here we saw a quaint- 
