CHAPTER III.

PEKING.

Walls of Peking--Dust and dirt--Street obstructions--The model inn--Restaurant--Our boon companions--Peking customs--Rule of thumb--British legation--Confucian temple--Kienloong's pavilion--Lama temple--Mongol chants--Roman and Bhuddist analogies--Mongols and Chinese--Hospitality of lay brother-- Observatory--Street cries--Temple of Heaven--Theatres-- European residents--Medical mission under Dr. Lockhart-- Chinese jealousy of Mongolia--Russian diplomacy--Reckoning with our host--Ice--Paper-money 32