Peeps Into China; Or, The Missionary's Children

il, and the steamship, in which they we

on of a very wealthy man, who had lost his wife some time before he died himself

ad sailed. "I did not ask you at first, because we had plenty to do to look about us, but now that there's nothing in the

ldren what they considered a very interesting description of a portion of that vast empire which they were so soon to visi

ll me a thing I have forgotten, and you told me onc

d, and gods reigned upon the earth, which was made for them. After the gods, they tell us, came mythical kings, who were giants, had the power of working miracles, and lived for thousands of years; but it is

led by his subjects the 'Son of heaven'-a title which is still given to Emperors of China, who are foolishly supposed, by some of their subjects, to be of celestial origin. He is said to have taught them

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ruments, made of wood, stone, or metal, and they play a great deal, but e

at, whose date of accession is said to be 2,285 years b.c., and he is also included in the Legendary Period to which Fuh-hi belongs. After the Legendar

whom we read of in history by the name of Huns, and who were now making constant inroads into China. They were capital soldiers-I believe every Tartar has now to be a soldier-and as the Chinese dreaded them very much, the Emperor thought out a way to keep them off. He erected a great wall along the whole extent of the northern frontier of China, of very great height, thickness, and strength, made of two walls of brick many feet apart, the space between them being, for half the length of the wall, filled up with earth, and

CHINA, GULF

xisted for more than two thousand years. It

out the Tartars

on the throne, is, I believe, a descendant of theirs. He

or's eldest son

wang-ti, or First Emperor; and then to try to show that he was the founder of the monarchy, he had, as he thought, all the historical document

it must have taken to buil

und the circumference of the earth, on two of its great circles, with two walls of six feet high and two feet thick. G

ght of the wall, fat

f brick and stone for men on foot to asce

ldiers," Leonard said. "Did you

TILLERY-ME

ut I believe there has been a new armament of Chinese artillery since my tim

kly, "as the second city in the world, only London h

and it

million i

om of Yen, of which Peking was the capital, it became only a provincial town, when, at the beginning of the fifteenth century, it was again made the capital of China. The Chinese sov

ome," said Sybil, "there was, I remember, a picture of Peking, and som

city is again divided into the Chinese and Tartar cities, the Imperial city, in which live t

es of towns are large folding-gates, which are often further secured by three inner gates. The one in the

OR CHEAN-GA

ee on the other, of which the principal is Chean-Mun, at the south of the Tartar city.

SE SO

TA-MèNE -TA-

surface. In summer they are often, I remember, very dusty, and during the rainy seasons very dirty. At the end of each street is a wooden barrier, which is guarded day and night by

ldiers and police, who may use their whips on troubles

r, are its only outlets. Trees grow in several of these streets. Houses, in which the inhabit

form of towers), monasteries, and churchyards, are all outside the wa

d two at home for ornaments. I think we know many things thro

SE BA

ore stoves stand the vendors of such meals, who have cooked them ready for purchasers. Other tradesmen carry hampers, slung across their shoulders, in which they keep their goods, whilst they call out, from time to time, to let people know what these hampers contain. Carts, horses, mules, wheel-barrows, and sedan-chairs pass along, the whole place seeming to be alive with

that he is ready to shave the heads and arrange the cues or pig-tails of those who may require his services; and as one man after another takes the seat

here broke in Leonard, who, with Sybil,

their conquerors; but now the pig-tail is held in honour, and the longer it will grow the better pleased is the Ch

to hear now?" Mr. Graham a

ps are like, I th

P IN

CUSHION AND MATT

eking many of the shops have glass windows. In China there are certain streets for certain shops, where the different branches of trade ha

h are painted in gold, or coloured letters, a motto

he spoke, a little representation of a sign-board ou

en answered. "And what d

. Graham pointed out to them

e

e

h

ng

h T

?

the prudent.' The other smaller characters designate the nature of the business, a cushion and matti

when we get to China," Sybil said. "I should th

WHEELE

hich he had told the children by some pictu

RMER AND H

n at that of Chean Mun, or C

then said, "that all the carts in

orted by the wheels. Horses and mules are very little used in China, except for travelling and for conveying luggage long distances. I remember also noticing that horses and ponies require very little guiding in China. Sometim

NESE

NG K

dred million inhabitants, and people find it so hard to obtain enough to support themselves and families-they keep as few bea

er conveyances, they will sometimes push their wives along the roads in wheel-barrows, sons

e do not make more,

se to make them bread-producing lan

ina!" said Sybil, who was again examining her map

"Only the Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, and Yantze-kiang are larger; a

wang-ho meant 'Chinese sorr

se, which has caused great loss

es 'Yantze-k

ads; this is their

e of Leonard's f

end in ho and kiang?" he then a

kinds of boats for use on their rivers. Here, my boy, is a picture of a Chinese

. "It has sails," he answere

the Chinese make m

Leonard, as though the sails had reminded him of th

, which the Chinese are most clever in making, and also in flying. I have seen old men, of about seventy years of age, thoroug

mes do t

, elbows, or feet. Seven or eight children play together, and nearly always aim the shuttlecock rightly. Girls play at this ga

at school having a Chinese shutt

se. What other amusements

om above the stand, and as the people look through a glass, the views are displayed to them. A man standing at the side calls out loudly, and beats a little gong to summon people to attend the show. And now

orrow, you know, we shall come to the show again, so please remember to sound the gong in good time." And o