Any visit to Peking would be incomplete withen' a call st the Rus-ian Ecclesiastical Mission situated in the northeastern corner of the city. Binc+ the troubles of 1990 ths site has been greatly o and now includes the residence of the Ninth Prince, son of Tao Kuang. The space is ample for all future growth. The stone lions in front of the Prince's residence have been retained and his former home is now the Bichop. The im in gate-tower erected wor ity which in the third storey Of the tower there is ime of bells which one of the is @ monastery in the compound and five monks-"re now in residence. The monastery is of the traditional type, " long parallelogram with " ball running through the centre with rooms on either side for the monks. Theta rooms, or cells, are of good size and comfortably furnished, and living in them implies no hardship. The monks can none of them speak English and only fa very little Chinese, A memorial chapel has been erected in a distant portion of the compound over a well in which forty of their Christians were thrown by the Boxers. The building is not yet completed. The chapel is fashioned after the pattern of other memorial chapels in Russia and has walls about six feot thick, A third chapel the Bishop's private chapel, which at prosont isthe only one finished on the compound and is the general place of worship. One of the priests has been the artist to decorate the interiors and has done most creditable work.
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