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Title: China, its marvel and mystery
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Liddell, T. Hodgson, 1860-
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Publisher: New York : J. Lane Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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those whichbore their burden up to build the wall that still stands. The city of Shan-hai-kwan, which I think may betaken as a fair example of a northern provincial town,is laid out in squares, and intersected by a mainstreet from south to north and another from east towest. There are gateways in the walls at these points ;and all roads meet at and under the old Drum Tower,the centre of the town. This quaint and picturesqueold building stands up arching over the junction of themain streets of the city, and seems to dominate allaround it. It contains in the upper portion the remainsof the drums and other noisy instruments, now nolonger used. The streets are fairly wide, but quite hollow andgully-like in form. This is caused by the great washof water from the hills behind, in time of flood, whenthe streets become a tearing racing torrent; while indry weather the dust is very trying. Hardly a building is over one storey in height, andthe roofs are almost flat, with wide eaves projecting
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SHAN-HAI-KWAN: THE MAIN STREET SHAN-HAI-KWAN far over the front, and forming almost a shelter inthemselves. The houses, however, have sun-blinds.The streets being so hollow, the backs of the muleswalking along the centre are just on a level with theshop floors. There is no footpath, but the pedestriangets along on the sloping sides of this road as besthe can in wet weather; in dry, he may venture to walkin the dusty track. The colour of the soil is a rich golden yellow, andin dry weather, with the sun full on it, is very dazzling. The shop signs are very varied, of beautiful designand full of colour, each being distinctive of the trade.The shoemaker shows wonderful designs of boots andshoes. The druggist has a tall stone, covered withcharacters no doubt setting forth and emphasising thevirtues of all the wondrous cures he sells. The frontsof such shops as need not display their goods—thefronts that with us would be windows—are coveredwith very beautifully made shutters of open woo

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