From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin

CHAPTER XXII.

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PEKIN--DEPARTURE.

The Marble Bridge--The Tartar City--Objects of Art--Japanese lacquering--Interments--The Observatory--The Imperial Palace--The Temples--The four harvests--Kinds of tea-- Departure from Pekin--Tien-tsin--The sea at last 395

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FROM PARIS TO PEKIN.