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attacking to this inscription unce to the

whole bill, which still Hous

of

the outlineD

the original entrenchments, wre in the eyes of

the Chinese officials auch

literati, that excavations and quarrying

were prohibited in that locality under the Deverest pericellies. When the periensule was leased and subsequently ceded to the Arctial Orown, the Oliver Government specially stipulated that the web inscription and

the whole will abould

remain untouched.

Nevertheless quarrying has occasionally been ulterupted there since the locality

into British possession

car

Oluriese history states that, when

the Deny Dynasty

invasion

д

overlivered by

the

Kublai

the albergols under

Klan, who subsequently doctect himself

ao

the Clicone

last Emperor of

young

child

q

Obuna China (U. 10. 1280), the

Chew

was driven with thes

گھر

the Dung Dynasty,

Imperial Court to the south of China

and finally compelled to take refuge on board sliep, where be continued

liis

flight