The Imperial hunting preserves are outside the Yung-ting gate of Peking. The park is 40 Ni in extent and contains trees of great size, hundreds of years old. It is stocked with wild animals of varied descriptions, predominating among them being the.ted deer. As for the last twenty years no hunt has been organised thet The soldiers who Keep' guard over the me have greatly increased in numbers,
place daily poach on the preserves, and of late the inhabitants round about the place have managed somehow to get within walls and trap the deer. The market is full of red deer meat which the dealers term donkey flesh or beef to evade enquiries on the part of the police. The authorities finally got wind of the matter and by strict watching caught three poachers, who were handed over to the Board of Pur ments. The guards have received a severe reprimand and stringent orders to prevent further poaching.
Some freight cars on the Tientsin railway laden with cotton caught fire through cinders and sparks issuing from the engine's smoke-stack. Asa strong wind was blow-g at the time and the train was in motion, several cars were consumed before assistance could be rendered.
jen tsin workmen engaged in the of iron rice-pans are, asa rule, 1d lawless characters. They and fighting seema to be their only pastime. When a row or a fire occurs they are the first to be on the spot, quarrelling and fighting. Laws are inadequate to restrain them. Their motto is Death before cowardice," and to their er dit, if it can be called credit, it must be said that even under the most harrowing tortures none of them have ever been known to ery for mercy. Any Jhowing weakness under physical suffer is boycotted by the rest of the gang. and he being a rowdy and knowing no better, feels abjectly humiliated thereby and considers life but a void when burdened by the curses of his sworn brethren. The authorities take great pains in putting down such lawlessness, but their efforts so far have not resulted in mech success, as will be seen from the following occurence. Sometimeduring last winter quarrel broke out between the patralmen on one side and the rice-pan workmen on the other, or enst, side of the n The quarrel did not at first produce fight but sowed the seeds of hatred
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