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圓明園之宮殿皇上乘凉到此前時未破龍舟遊玩 No. 913, WAN-SHOU-SHAN.
圓明園之宮殿皇上乘凉到此前時未破龍舟遊玩 No. 913, WAN-SHOU-SHAN.

圓明園之宮殿皇上乘凉到此前時未破龍舟遊玩
No. 913, WAN-SHOU-SHAN.

This pavilion is built close to a pond that is completely choked up with weeds.

These ponds are the usual accompaniment of buildings built for recreation and as they are generaly neglected a rank vegetation springs up from them exhaling most unpleasant odours during the hot season, this however seems in no way to affect the nasal organ of celestials.