shot and shell were poured in with or without aim in enormous quan: ities. Nearly all the residents who were in the siege have trophies of shot and shell to show, which came through their walls and windows in unpleasant proximity. Many had really marvellous exeapus from sudden death, and others, like Consul Campbell, have marks on their persons from Boxer sniping, which they would be glad to be without. All public and many private buildings have marks of shot and shell, At times during the siege bullets in handfuls could be collected near exposed walls, Several of the principal streets of the native city have been totally destroyed by fire. This was done by tie foreign troops who captured the city in order to drive out the Chinese Boxers and soldi: ho were holding the place against the allied army. The Union Chapel and Gordon Hall have escaped almost unscathed. These buildings are both used as hospitals, and it is quite pathetic to see wounded soldiers lying on their cots in places such as those used usually for purposes so different.
Another Very pathetic sight is
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