The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, K. C. B., G. C. M. G., Sometime Her Majesty's Minister to China & Japan .. 1
The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, K. C. B., G. C. M. G., Sometime Her Majesty's Minister to China & Japan .. 1
Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931
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The Judge, Taotai, and Chief Magistrate were accordingly informed that the Allied Commanders would receive a visit from them on board a gunboat the following morning at ten o'clock. 2\st February, — A reconnoitring party landed at 298 LIFE OF SIR HARRY PARKES chap. 1859 daylight to gain information respecting the locality. -*T. 30 They traversed the city and reached the Marble Rocks, a point three miles beyond on its north face, en- countering no obstacles and being civilly received by the peop...le. The city lies on the north side of the river. It is surrounded by a wall eighteen or twenty feet in height, by about twelve in breadth, and in form is a parallelogram, its length from east to west being about 1200 yards, and its breadth probably being not more than 400 yards ; on the east side is a large suburb containing better streets than those within the city. Shao-king was at one time the capital of the province, and those who looked to this circumstance for some trace of past importance were disappointed.
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