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 480 CHINESE ARCHITECTURE. BOOK IX. views and add to the beauty of the landscape. The same remark applies equally to portions of the Summer Palace ; those parts of the palace which faced the lake were symmetrically arranged round an immense court, but on each side the pavilions and terraces were planned to obtain picturesque effects either 506. Pavilion in the Summer Palace, Pekin. (From a Photograph by Beato.) overlooking the lake, or when in the rear where the ground rises rapidly, to emphasise the various eminences^ Woodcut No. 506 is a good example of one of these pavilions in the Summer Palace, which, when interspersed with trees and water and rocky scenery, aid in making up a very fairy-like landscape,