OUR ILLUSTRATION?.

Otago Witness, Issue 2443, 9 January 1901, Page 37

OUR ILLUSTRATION?.

SCENES IN PEKING.

1 How the British Relieved the Legations. j This picture shows the canal by which the i British forces entered the Tartar city to the relief of Sir Claude. In the far distance is the wall of the Tartar City, and in the centre are the walls of ihe British Legation. The barri- ■ cade of bricks built across the bridge was made by the Chinese, and from it their fire severely, harassed the besieged. 2. Marble Bridge and Buddhist Temple, Peli^ig. This is one of the numerous carved bridges of white marble that adorn Peking. The temple is situated on a hill just north oi the Forbidden City. The French were camped | beneath the trees.

3. Some of the Rations of the British Commissariat Department. The buildmgs were once the stables of the Emperor's elephants, and now form excellent "go-downs" for the storing of food for the Indian "Tommy." The scene at the morning issue is always quaint and interesting with its strange admixture of India* China, and England.

4. Ancient Stone-inscribed Tablet in Budd* hist Temple. Buddhist priests in attendance.

5. America, China, and New Zealand. Our correspondent making friends with a Chinese priest.

6. A Chinese Beauty and Her Husband. The man is Dr Morrison's "No. 2 Boy, ' and! the lady is his wife. It will be noticed that her loot is not compressed in the usual Chinese fashion, only girls of the coolie class escaping this infliction

7. Indian Followers with Peking*' Carts. Tlia drivers are part of the Indian Coolie Corps brought from India by the British for transport purposes. . The covered carts are famoua for their strength and their utter absence ofi springs, which in the uncared-for condition 08 the streets -of the caaital makes travelling ia^

th/We vehicles an acrobatic feat The arch in the back ground is a fine specimen of the arches jn Peking. It is composed of wood and green porcelain, and is situated close to the British Legation. In the back ground are ihe ruins of the Austrian Legation. "8. Bringing in the Kow-liang. In prepara■iion for the severe winter in Peking all the allies are actively engaged in collecting fodder, wood, and stores from the country. Every day long trains of carts and mules go out to gather the kow-liang (millet), which is the universal food-plant in Northern China. The arch is typicalJy Chinese, and is very beauti*ol with its quaint posts capped with light green porcelain. «■ 9. The Jap. Sentry on Duty at one of the Gates of Tientsin. As I took the photo half-a-dozen other. Japs, came running up to be put into the -picture ' / 10. Examining Japanese Handcarts at J.sinHo This means of transport was largely used by the British and French. Immense numbers of handcarts were being landed at

Tsin-ho when I arrived.' • 11 Russian Artillery Passing Down Legation' street— Typical Russian Soldier in the '°^Bronze Urn in the Inner Courtyard of ihe-Budahist Temple. '-18. A Little. Argument With the Cossacks. On the way up the Pei-ho to Peking we shot a dozen ducks, which were claimed by • the Russians -as their -property. A glass of whisky settled the difficulty. . . . 14. Departure of a Russian Expedition—Russian Infantry passing the British Legation. Xhe CMnamaji-in white watering the pjocession is • Marquis -Taing, a young Chinese noble who remained loyal to the allies during the siege. - --, 15. Outside the British Legation. Japanese cavalry officers. and>-Geiman soldiers.