Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 20
ENTRANCE TO THE COLLEGE OF THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS. THE STATE CARRIAGE OF THE BRITISH LEGATION. There are practically no carriage roadsin China, so that there is virtually nocarriage traffic. This rough, springlesscart is the only carriage drawn byanimals at the disposal of the Legation. … THE STATE CARRIAGE OF THE BRITISH LEGATION. THE GREAT IMPERIAL STONEROAD FROM PEKING TOCHENGTU, THE CAPITAL OFSZE CHUAN. Made more than a thousand years ago,it must have been a gigantic work atthe time of its construction. It waspaved throughout with rough stoneflags for about eight feet, or…
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