'A. lofty pyramidical pillar of local sandstone, still in an excellent state of preservation, the naval monument was originally erected on the site of 'Taiping batter the Tettering on the sides of its base ha: become obliterated by time, but the original Chinese inscription may be rendered as follows:—"On May 10, 1862, the rebels were driven out of' the city of Ningpo. Lest in the passage of time the 1862, or who di com disease or w killed action durable to remove it from that removal we owe entirely after the taking of the city by the naval forees it was handed [range as evidently to produce great the subsequent operations in the Chekiang Provinee.in 1862 and 97, into the initial ishop Defebvre, 1863," On September 21, 1906, don behalf of the Foreign Com Torlesse. BU 0
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