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lmission to the Pavilion at the Hai Su Pilau begas to pour into the Legations, Many people, 1 bellore, had to he turned for the tickets were naturally,' away. limited, hat a who were doble them had only to go outside the Pingdse- men where, by special decree, they were allowed to witness the procession. The representatives of the various Legations were given a Pavilion Liside the Houmin, close to the, spot where the into Emperor was lying.

The Pavilion at the Hsi Stu Pilou, where. I saw the procession, had this advantage over the one erected insido the Heumen, that the cortège, by the time it retched us, bad assumed the form in which, I suppone, it is at this ment, slow moving towards the hills. Many people, I know, were disappointed when they heard that the representatives of the Foreign Diplomatic Body would act accompany the procession all the way to the Pingdscines. On what quite, their disappointment was based, I do not see. The presence of foreign officials was desirable certainly, in so far as it in. dicated pushy and respect. From the

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to the the fixed for the cere DIODY. There were rumours of a very gurly start, whereupon large numbers mide up their minds that the thing wasnt worthi More optimistic views. how: going to. ever, began. to prevail as ten, and even eleven o'clock were suggested ne probable hours, and when another half Sour was actually gained, entbusiasm became quita marked, with the result that by mid-day the Pavilion at the Hai Sau Pilou Fus crowded. Une point I should like to

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It must, I suppose, have been well after one o'clock when the procession reached

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So the procession ended, and prased, and this bald description of it can give Bittle id of its brillianco. For, as in the cas cf-the arrival of the Dalai Lama, so in this, what fascinated and overcame one was the splendour and the blaze of colours, and these the pon cannot reproduce, But I think I could turn finatio, in my insistuuce on their excellence. They moved me Panterday," as they did last Autumn, like music wher wave after wave of sound tows and dash against the soul. I do not exaggerate when I any this. The colours of the procession yester

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