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claimed this fear but she was
covered with sort as from fall
of them were equally sort over
own to the sea being thus covered
generally. He said this particular
woman because insane jumped
overboard after being put into
a life boat. One of the sights of
Peking is to be obtained from the
great well marking the Tartar
City. At 3 P.M. I went with
Mr. Burnstead to the Observatory
which is situated on the east wall at
a spot where a stairway of
steps leads to the top. The instruments
of the observatory nearly bronze
mounted on stone bases in the
open. There was a sphere with the
stars + milky way indicated; a
giant sextant marked in degrees
was another instrument. Several
circles of bronze
set at various angles in a
common axis. There is a cleared
space about the well on its inner.