Chapter VI: The Summer Palace

Our ponies—The ride through the streets—Evil‐smelling lanes—The
walls—The shattered gate‐towers—The Japanese guard—The taking
of the City and relief of the Legations—The paved high‐road—A
fertile country—The villages—A ruined temple—Bengal Lancers and
Mounted Infantrymen—A ride through the fields—Distant view of the
palace—The ornamental gate—The entrance—The sepoy guard—The outer
courtyard—Bronzes on the temple verandah—A network of courts—Royal
Artillery mess in the pavilion that had served as the Emperor’s
prison—The shaded courtyard—Officers’ quarters looking out on the
lake—A marble‐walled lake—Lotos—Boats—A walk round the lake—The
covered terrace—The Bersagliere guard—Pretty summer‐houses—The
Empress’s temples—The marble junk—A marble bridge—Lunch in a
monarch’s prison—The hill over the lake—A lovely view—The Hall
of Ten Thousand Ages—Vandalism—Shattered Buddhas—The Bronze
Pagoda—The island—The distant hills—Summer quarters of the British
Legation—The ride back—Tropical rain—Flooded streets—A swim
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