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ing but did not find it. We then start
ed for the Marine Barrack, arriving
there in time for breakfast. After
breakfast we started to see -Pekin by
daylight.
We first went to see the Temple of
Heaven. This temple is five hundred
years old and it looks it too. This
temple is where the criminals are tried
and executed. 1t happened that we
were there to see this done, not that
we wanted to see a man die, but being
there we watched the proceedings. The
man was taken up on a marble altar
and his head cut off with a large
knife. They leave the body there for
three days and if then the body is not
removed by the relatives the authori-
ties take it in charge.
If you kill man in China it costs
you twenty dollars, and if you steal
twenty cents it costs your life. The
man we saw executed had robbed
man.
My pal and / spent the remainder
of the morning at the temples of New
Year, Patton, Fashion and taking a
bicycle ride of eighteen miles to the
great wall.
In the afternoon we Joined our sight
seeing party and went out to the For
hidden City. There were 95 in the
party, but we were so outnumbered
by the guards that we did not have
any chance to get souvenirs from the
Forbidden City. In this place are kept
all of the things that at one time, be-
longed to the rulers of China. There
were vaces vauled at one million dol
lars, saddles set with diamonds and
pearls, valued at five thousand dollars,
idols made of pure gold, and many
rare gold coins.
We went from the Forbidden City to
to Summer Palace. There were MANY
interesting things there, one of them
made ikle the old style side-wheel
boat, with upper and lower deck and
cabin. We were told that the boat
would float some day.
From the Summer Palace we went
to the Coal Hill, which is the Oldest
place there. One of the interesting
sights there was a large wooden idol.
seven hundred years old From here
we went to the home of the former en-
peror, and then to large temple that
can only be reached by a tunnel that
runs through a hill. The guide with
us did not want US to make the trip
through the tunnel, but we went Just
the same We found the temple full
VI ali hIHuS OF luOIS ana other things
too numerous to mention. We saw
three gold idols, one four feet high.
and two three feet high.
We left Pekin the following day.
going to Singwantau. This is a pretty
place and is settled with Japs and Ger
mans. We remained here only a
short time and continued our journey
to japan. The Japs are farther adj
vanced than the Chinese, and remind
us some of our own people. Nag
asakla has the prettiest harbor ever
saw. The channel is deep and ships
can go nearly thirty yards of the
shore. We rented all the BICYCLES in
town and went for a ride, but / was
the only one to return with wheel
The boys told me ] could get kick
out at the five star bee, but / did not
care to try it.
We left Nagasakia late in the night
and travelled well for two DAYS and
then we ran into a typhoon, audit
was only short time until the bows
were sick. / felt blue myself when
our ship rolled up on her side and
oucked, and our baggage crawled
around our necks and the mess mans
rolled and ratified about. That was
The only time on trip that the noise
q mess pans did not make me hungry.
We finally passed out of the storm
without any mishap and III due time
reached our port