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GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS-LITS, LTD.
TEL. ADDRESS. WAGONLITS. 
CODE: A.B.C. 5th EDITION.
MANAGER WILH. TRENDEL. 

Peking, Nov. 21 1910

by the latter method - thanks to good legs!
But the members of my little expedition, unfortunately, excepting the splendid soldiers and chair bearers, were poor walkers and really suffered at times.  The far western end of my route is badly infested with brigands and they have been raising the devil during the last two months, particularly near Lung-men where I remained fully two weeks and where the [[strikethrough]] there are [[/strikethrough]] only buildings are two groups of Ming Temples, one on each side of the Yi river, and the hundreds of rock-hewn temples cut into the perpendicular mountains on each side of the river. I was fully advised by the Chinese officials after reaching Honan Fu of the conditions near Lung-men, but I fancied considerable exaggeration was being added for decorative effect, and reluctantly, but with outward assumed pleasure, left Honan Fu for Lungmen escorted by six native soldiers, furnished by the Lieutenant Governor of the province, who acted under instructions from the Chinese Government at Peking. Within two days after my arrival at Lung-men, the Lt. Governor accompanied by his chief of staff called upon me at Lung-men, and said that I must accept a larger guard for night protection, leaving six additional soldiers for night duty.  And so I was guarded during my entire stay, I was only once able to pass out of the door of my temple into its court without finding two armed soldiers on duty and never outside of my temple gate without at least 

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