PLATE I. FRONTISPIECE.

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Exhibiting the various kinds of weapons, offensive and defensive, in use among the Chinese infantry, cavalry, artillery, and bowmen, arranged on a stand or frame of wood. One or more of these frames are commonly to be met with at the military posts and at the depÔts of arms and guard-houses, close to the gates of their walled cities.


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