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PEKING--THE SEA PALACE His Majesty’s Sacrifice to his Ancestors--The Empress Dowager’s Favorite Summer-house--The Sacred Picture--The United States Legation at Peking--Mrs. Conger’s Relations with Chinese Ladies--The Sea Palace--The Boats of the Lake--Our Resting-place at the Sea Palace--Promenade on the Lake--The Eunuch Li-Wun-ti--Memory--Story-telling--The Island--Temple Gardens--Two Temples--Cathedral within the Precincts--Theater.