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THE SUMMER PALACE The Empress Dowager’s Favorite Palace--The Marble Terrace-- The Hills of the Summer Palace--The Temple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas--Memorial Arches--The Marble Bridge--The Canals--Camel-back Bridges--Chinese Architecture--Utilitarian Spirit of the Chinese--Flowers and Fields in the Park of Summer Palace--Grand Peony Mountain--The Sacred Buddha-Temple of the Ten Thousand Buddhas--Ruins of Old Summer Palace-- Views from the Summer Palace Belvederes--When Their Majesties Go Abroad.