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. Here he lives during the summers and part of
the winters; though once in three years he is compelled to spend
at least three months in his palace in Peking when he comes to do
homage to the Emperor.
During one of these visits to Peking the Princess sent for me to
come to her palace. I naturally supposed she was ill, and so took
with me my medical outfit, but her first greeting was:
"I am not ill, nor is any member of my family, but I wanted to
see you to have a talk with you about foreign countries."
She had prepared elaborate refreshments, and while we sat eating,
she directed the conversation towards mines and mining, and then
said:
"My husband, the Prince, is very much interested in this subject,
and believes that there are rich stores of ore on his
principality in Mongolia."
"Indeed, that is very interesting," I answered.
"You know, of course, it is a rule," she went on to say, "that no
prince of the realm is allowed to go more than a few miles from
the capital without special permission from the throne."
"No, I was not aware of that fact."
She then went on to say that her husband was anxious to attend
the St. Louis Exposition, and study this subject in America, but
so long as these hindrances remained it was impossible for him to
do so. She then said:
"I am very much interested in the educational system of your
honourable country, and especially in your method of conducting
girls' schools
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