[xi] ILLUSTRATIONS Emperor's Throne in the Forbidden City Frontispiece French Cavalry Orderly with Despatches Facing Page 11 Transports on the Pei-Ho " 21 The Great Wall surrounding the Outer City of Pekin " 57 Chen-Mun Gate to Pekin " 73 The Temple of Heaven " 79 Marble Bridge over Moat before Southern Gate of the Forbidden City " 85 The Big Tower or Wall Entrance of Tartar City " 103 The Executive Palace of the Emperor in the Forbidden City " 145 An Imperial Palace " 167 Priceless Porcelains and Bronzes in the Third Palace, Forbidden City " 181 The Mouth of the Pei-Ho " 202 Chinese Village Carts, the only Vehicle used [xii] in the North of China " 230 Non-commissioned Officers and Men of French Artillery and Marines " 235 Chinese Peasants cultivating Rice Fields with Native Plow " 246
— from The Last Days of Pekin by Pierre Loti

—T HE A NGOLA V ULTURE . " XII.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

p. , Weldand, ruling, guiding Weltir, v. , upset, XI. 25; pr.
— from The Bruce by John Barbour

VII , p. 699: "Al rededor le ponen mucha vianda, una xicara, un calabaço con atole, salvados de maiz, y unas tortillas grandes de lo mismo, que han llevado juntamente con el cuerpo, y assi lo cubren despues con tierra."
— from The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras by Thomas William Francis Gann