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PEKING--BEGINNING THE PORTRAIT FOR ST. LOUIS Legation Quarter--Morning Ride to the Palace--Splendid Walls of the Palace and City--The Streets in the Forbidden City--A Funeral--The Mongolians--Beggars at the Gate-- Unsatisfactoriness of Studio at Winter Palace--Her Majesty Orders It Remodeled--Beginning Portrait for St. Louis-- Imperial Paraphernalia and Insignia of Royalty--Importance of Propriety--The Throne--Her Majesty’s Costume for the Portrait--Pearl Mantle--First Sketch--Stretching the Great Canvas.