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catching the steamer Madura for her return Mrs. Sheldon carried out the exact | programme arranged before starting. She spent a month in the Kilimanjaro district, and even visited places not included in her origins plans. For instance, no one expected that Mrs, Sheldon in her trip toward Mount Kilimanjaro, where she had been preceded by such experienced explorers as Thompson, Johnston and Myers, would be able to add much to establishing geographical know. ledge. In point of fact, her aim was to study the interesting people of the Kilimanjaro plateau, She has, however, been fortunate enough to explore, for the first time, Lake Chels, which, because of Its situation at the bottom of, á: volcanic crater with perpendicular slden, was supposed to be inaccessible,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1891.

It le gald that the coming visit of the Kaber to London will be made the necasion for a de- Enite understanding as to the Triple Alliance.

The German Government are considering the | question of abandoning the German possessions in New Guinea, as they are expensive and are not showing any signs of becoming profitable.

Mr. Parnell and Mrs. O'Sh'a were yesterday privately married in the Registrar's office at the small village of Steyning near Brighton. The affair was kept very quiet and the newspaper correspondents were put entirely off the scent until it was all over. Mr. Parnell latends to have the ceremony performed in a church in London as good as a clergyman can be found who will officiate.

June 29th.

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as Mrs. Hemans: sung, and although with her, we knew it was not heaven, it, nevertheless, war” first-rate.

congenial companionship and European civilisav tlon, is a very heavy nunishment, but in the largo towas life is quite different. There are excellent clubs and hotels which political exiles, and even All along the river bank deeply laden boats of crimina's, are allowed to use. When I was, at about 803, or 1,000 plcals burden were tied up Yeniseisk there was capital Russian company

in tiers waiting for a "flood.". Some of them bad pe-forming at the theatre, When balls Fre waited many weeks. The greater part of them given at clubs or hotels, the exiles may take their were coal laden, and of the kind called Mao- wives and daughters to dance, but are not allowed pin-tre. These are built of boards roughly put to dance themselves. There is a great deal more together, with a mat sail, and a big tree for a complaint out of Siberia about the tyranny of mast. They draw about five feet of water, and off ials than there is inside it, and the average make only the one voyage; then they are broken notions about life in Siberia seemto me to be the up. As they won't steer, and cannot stand any outconte of entire Ignorance. I must say, how.bamping on the rocks, it is there which give the ever, that the Russian officials take things too river its bad dame for danger. I have noticed much au sérieux. They "drop upon people that elsewhere an attempt is generally made to George Frands Train, on his trip around theat and forgotten in twenty-four hours. They for doing things which in England are laughed the world, reached Paris to-day. He will sail don't believe in the safety valve principle, but on Wednesday for New York.

maybe ons official thinks that if he doesn't tako notice of a thing some other official will, and probably report the first official into the bargain. Everybody is watched, from a Governor down- You don't see the working of the wards, system but it is there all the same. Now I'll tell you about an affair which occurred

At Taneta Mrs. Sheldon met with Mr. Anstruther, who intended to explore Lake Chola, which is situated about ten miles north of Taneta.

There was something of a sensation in the With great difficulty a road was cut through the trees and creepers down to the surface of the lobbles to-day over the letter of Sir John E. lake, Mrs. Sheldon's porters found the old Gorst, Polldical Secretary of the India Office, to pontoon, which had been abandoned at Tanets the Secretary of the Dock Yard Laborers' by a Russian prince, which they improvised for Society at Chatham, in which he criticises and a boat Only one of the seventy porters could disparages the Admiralty, suggest that it treats be induced to jola Mrs. Sheldon and Mr. the laborers unjustly and urges them to place Anstruther in exploring this "Devil's water their grievances before the Labor Commission, as they called it. They found plenty of ero-in order that the conditions of their employment codlies and wild ducks in the lake. Curiously may be more conformable to the principles of enough, there was a rapid current in the water, justice. Such a criticism by one member of the showing that the lake itself is in the course of Government upon another department of the same Government is virtually unprecedented au underground river.

and is certain to strengthen the hands of the Torles who are demanding that Sir John's resignation be accepted because of his recent slurs upon the management of the Manipur affair by bis own immediate superiors to the India Office. It is difficult to see how Lord George Hamilton, first Lord of the Admiralty, can ignore the attack upon his department.

June 22nd,

The Secretary of State for War in the Com- mans to-day, replying to a question put to the Government by Cobb (Radical and noncon- fotmist), said that he would consider whether the request for a three years' return of names, etc., of all the non-commissioned officers and privates in the British army who were punished, or who had been reduced to the ranks, for conniving at card-playing or gambling, or taking part in such card-playing or gambling, could be granted, Stanhope added that he did not see the necessity for an order calling attention of the commanding officers of the army to the regulations regarding gambling,

The marriage of Miss Alberta Ponsonby, goddaughter of the Queen and daughter of Sir Henty Ponsonby private secretary to her Majesty, to Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Montgomery of the Scots Fusilcer Guards, took place this afternoon at Wellington Barracks chapel.

An incident at the wedding is commented on as proving that whatever differences may have

The prominence of Sir William Vernon Harcourt in recent debates has marked him out in the general oplaton as the successor of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. John Morley, however, is more popular with the Radical element of the Liberal party and is said to view with some jealousy the leading part taken by Sir William Harcourt as the coming leader of the Liberal party should Mr. Gladstone not be able to return to par le ment Mr. Gladstone's friends profess that he certain to recover. The public interest in has health is shown by the innumerable telegrams sent him from all parts of the world.

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but these are ideas which have not as yet adapt the boat to the nature of the waterway, or OIL PAINTINGS. 10 improve the waterway for the sake of the boat, dawned on the Paoching mind. They go on building and loading these great unwieldy craft, and then sit down to walt resignedly till Providence sends a spate' to wash them out into the Tudgting lake. A foot and half of water way be counted on in the shallows at all times, and the Chinese elsewhere can do a deal of traffic obtained were it any one's business, which it is. on that depth, Besides more could be easily not, to do a little banking and dredging.

The rapids were decidedly disappointing. They were of the open mill-race kind, as a rule without obstruction, and with ordinary care not In the least dangerous. We got a little excite ment out of one or two of them through a strong head wind, which raged against us all the way, suddenly shooting-down through a gorge and turning our boat round just on the brink of the rapids, so that we took several of them broad- side on. Once while thus occupied another boat. ran into us and ought to have upset or stove us in, but fortunately did neither, and once we ran clean out of the water on the fall of a bank, also without scathe.

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when I was at Krasnojarsk. There was fancy-dress ball at the club, and, as usual in Siberia, everybody wore a mask. Ons young fellow thought he would create a sensation-and he did. He appeared as a sort of walking adver. tisement. On his breast were written some of the advantages of life in Siberia. On his back were the disadvantages, so strongly worded that a police official tapped him on the shoulder and requested him to step into a private room. This he did, and removed his mask when it was found that he was a young student at the Tomsk University. He was told to leave the place, notwithstanding the indignation of the other guests at the official's action. The official reported the matter, there was telegraphing back wards and forwards, the culprit was finally sent back to Tomsk and I don't know what became of him. Probably be is at this moment in solitary exile in some out-of-the-way place. At any rate, as everyone at the ball agreed in conversation about the affair, his life was practically ruined through a freak which, in any country not under Russian rule, would simply each, and were said to turn out about twenty Sir Richard Cholmondely Mr. F. Sarby. have been laughed at."

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existed between the Queen and the Prince of amounts to nearly £21,000, is being managed of the gold mines on the continent. I 'start for business. "Canfa." Just then the trade was at Jack Point (a Strolling Mr. F. Wentworth Pedder's Wharf at 2.55 p.m.

Wales, on account of the baccarat scandal, have been remedied, and that mother and, son are once more on the most cordial terms. As soon. as Her Majesty was seated in or on the throne. like gilded chair provided for her, she caught sight of the Prince of Wales and his family opposite and smiled beamingly. Then, as if noticing the eagerness with which the audience scrutinized her demeanor, she rose with some difficulty, as usual, and walked across the front of the altar to where the Prince of Wales was seated. As she did so she held out her band, and the Prince, who had arisen and stopped for ward to meet his royal mother, stooped and kissed the hand of the Queen with a report that could be heard all over the chapel. The Queen and the Prince remained chatting together for several moments, the assembly watching the interview with great interest.

PARIS, June 22nd.

The committee of the Chamber appointed to inquire into Panama canal matters has declined to consider the requests made with a view of soliciting the French Goverment to enable the company to finish. the work commenced at Panama,

In the Deputies to-day Lassarre moved that the Government explain why they so long delayed the prosecution of the culprits in the Mellalte acandal, and why the trial was conducted with

closed doors.

De Freycinet, Minister of War, responded that as far back as 1889 be instituted an inquiry into the relations existing between Turpin and Tripone, and be found that an open trial might lead to disclosures which it would be incon- venient for the War Office to make, Turpin's subsequent action, he said, caused a further exhaustive inquiry in 1890, and the commitee on them after reporting that a trial would not endanger the national defense, the prosecution proceeded, showing that everybody concerned except the persons charged deserved the con- fidence of the country.

After a protracted debate a vote of confidence was adopted-368 to 187.

LONDON, June 23rd. Sir Thomas Elder of Australia, who has set on foot many undertakings for the exploration of the remaining blanks on the maps of Australia, has equipped another important expedition which on May 1st was ready to start from Adelaide.

The leader is the well-known Australia explorer, David Lindsay. The areas that he will explore le nearly all to the west of the over land telegraph line, which, extending from Port Darwin on the north to Port Augusta on the south, nearly bisects the continent,

The expedition is exciting the greatest interest In Australian colonies and a large harvest of results in the various departments of science is expected.

Forty-four camels, with their African drivers and native guides, form part of the expedition, and Mr. Lindsay is accompanied by an adequate force of scientific assistants. The regions to be visited are utterly unkoowa.

The Tenants Defence Fund, which now

jointly by the Parcellites and anti-Parnell factions. There is some friction bat less than there was reason to fear some time ago.

VICTORIA June 79th. United States S.S. Alert, Lieutenant Wain- wright in command, left for Behring Sea to-night,

The steamer Costa Rica left for Bebring Sea this evening with coal and supplies for the war-ships,

SIBERIA AND ITS PEOPLE. Newspaper readers have no doubt observed daring the fast four or five months a series of arcles and sketches, dealing with Siberian subjects, sppearing in the Illustrated London News. These are the work of Mr. Julis M. Price, a special afifit of that well known paper, and ar: part of the result of nearly a year's remarkable travelling through almost unknown regions, Mr. Price having lately arrived in Shanghai, a representative of the North-China Daily News ca led upon him the other day and was enabled to glean some interesting particulars of the artist's travels. Mr. Price is of middle beight, thin, bronzed by travel, alert in manner, and with more of the soldier than the artist apparent in his outer man. He talked about Siberin like a man in love with his subject. He has Interviewed Boulanger, de Blowitz and other celebrities for the Pall Mall Gasstle, and seemed to be quite happy in being interviewed himself, pouring forth his store of information with great fluency,

Asked to describe the circumstances under which his journey was beeun, Mr. Price said t

"I was despatched by my paper with a com- mercial expedition sent out by a Syndicate of English gentlemen of which Lord Wenlock, Captain Fletcher-Vane, Mr. Albert Grey, etc, etc., were the promoters, to open up a trade route with Siberia along the Yentrel, one of the three great river traversing the country from north to south. As the expedition (for particulars of which I refer you to the Illustrated London Ngeps) wx to land.me in the heart of Siberit without going through Russia, there was a gond deal of correspondence to be gone through before Iwas allowed to go. Sir Robert Mörler was communicated with, and after some time it was arranged through the Intervention of my friend Sir Frederick Leighton, the President of the Royal Academy, I am bound to say that the facilities obtained made my path smooth throughout my stay in Russian territory, and I never had the slightest trouble with the officials. We came through the Arctic Ocean and the Kars Sea, and the expedition landed me at Yeniseisk, a large town about 1,500 miles up the Yenisely and from that point I travelled by sledge on my own

account,"

Do you think that any of your letters home were opened by the officialat

I think very few letters from Biberia are opened. Everything I sent seems to have been received at home; and before I started it was stipulated that everything I sent was to be sub- NEW YORK, June 24th.

mitted to the syndicate before being published. The Police Gaseite has a dispatch from San A heavy penalty was provided for any breach of Franciaco saying that Sullivan will fight Slavin this agreement; otherwise I should not have for $10,000 a side and a purse of $25,000, either

been allowed to accompany the expedition. The in the Olympic Club, New Orleans, or the Grapapers seat to Russia may possibly have had nite Club, Hoboken, any time between Septem- portions of my article obliterated by the censors: ber and February,

and I have no doubt letters to Siberian exiles VIENNA, June 24th,

are opened, but I don't think letters going the The Kaiser Francis Joseph took luncheon, other gay are much interfered with." today, on the British flagship Victoria, at Fiume. In toasting the Queen of Great Britain, the Austrian Kaiser expressed the sincerent veneration and attachment daring her admira- bio life, and bis admiration for the perfection of the British navy. The Kaiser returned to Flume In the evening amid salutes by the British squadron.

LONDON, June 38th,

Did you experience many of the discomforts generally connected with Siberian travel?"

“I can assure you my experience is that those tales of hardship are very much exaggerated I have always had excellent rooms at the hotels, and even at the post-stations I had only once any dificulty in getting a bath. There were certainly feas," Mr, Price admitted, "but that is only to be expected. All my road travelling was by winter, and though the cold was sometimes it was never too scrcic for me. At

The baptism of the daughter of the Princess morrow, and the Queen will becoma god-mat) er one time we

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Have you had opportunities of seeing the treatment of exfles at the mines ?

"I have not yet been to any of them. The Russian Government is now sending more and more prisoners to the mines at Saghallen instead Vladivostock, which I very much want to see, in a few days. From there I hope to proceed to Saghallen, and then home viz Japan.*

"You have seen nothing of the great railway, I presume ?"

"No; but had I known that the Crarevitch was to turn the first sod I would have gone from Irkutsk to Vladivostock to meet him. But I knew nothing about it in the heart of Siberia. It is curious, by the bye, how Hiile news about Russia is to be heard in Siberin. The telegraph system of Siberia is splendid; messages cust very little, and at most of the hotels there are telegrams posted up, giving the news of the world leaving out Russia. We had the news of the last supposed Jack the Ripper atrocity at Irkutsk the evening after the murder was committed. As to the railway, I don't think the government ever contemplated Its being used by globe trotters, as some people seem to think.. It will be a military work, but is great importance will be in developing the vast mineral resources of Siberia. I believe the gold, etc., obtained during the progress of the work will pay the cost of the Ifne. At present the Siberians only carry on gold-mining in a half hearted way and with very inferior implements. An engineer told me. that with modern machinery he could extract a profitable amount of gold out of the refuse ore left by the Siberians after they had got all the gold they could out of it,

These things, however, were WILLARD exceptional, and were due to our persisting in Between Hinghwa and the town of Lungping. travelling in exceptional weather, half-way, there are quite a number of iron smelting works which filled the valleys with smoke in real civiilsed-like fashion. We visited several of there. They employed about go men piculs of iron a day. In no case did they seem to be owned, or managed, by natives of that district. Lungping, with Kiakow, and Wang- saping, three towns all close together, is now the centre of the great tea trade of Nganhwa, or, as It is called in the special lingo of the foreign tea is briskest. On all the hillsides the pickers. were to be seen hard at work, and the tea leaves were drying in the 'eun on mats before every cottage door. The three great, packing centres simply swarmed with people, rushing and bust ling, like great buman anthills. The tea is brought to them the farmers from immense distances, and was then selling at from 800 to 100 cash a catty-six or seven taels a picul. As the article brought from 50 to 70 tacls a picul in the Hankow market afterwards, there was a fat profit for somebody, even after allow ing a good margin for the expense of packing, transport and Customs dues. They told me spain and again that this year's crop was much better in quality, but shorter in quantity, than last year's, which however was the kind of Information they would have given in any case, as ibat beat calculated to keep up prices. It seemed to me there was tea enough on every -hand for all the world to drink.

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and Tormentor). The Headsman..... .....Mr. Smythe. First Veoman.... ...Mr. S. Dean. Flest Citizen ... Mrr King. Phoebe Mervil (Serjeant Miss Vera Patty.

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keeper of the Tower)... Miss B. Royal. Kate (her Niece). Miss C. Denver. Elsle Maynard (a Stroll. Į

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At Iyanghsien we were once more upon familiar ground. I had been there before twice, and my first visit was paid under very peculiar circumstances. This city is the third trade centre of the province, to when I first proposed to go there, and was informed that the thing was impossible, because it had been captured by 200 robbers who then held fr, I simply supposed the THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP authorities were drawing on their Imaginations a little more freely than usual. The idea that 200 people could come into a city of 200,000 inbabitants, and scare every man of them out of it, by simply running about and stabbing people with short knives, and setting fire to houses, was one which I decidedly refused to entertain though vouched for by the highest authorities. Since then I have learned that such things are by no means unusual lo China. In Hankow they still speak with bated breath of the 28th of the 3rd moon, on which night some nine years ago a score of determined men could have taken the town, The very rumour that something of the sort was about to be attempted sent the people flying far and pear for days, and left it empty --- N. C. Datly News.

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FOOCHOW.

Asked to describe his route after reaching Veniseisk, Mr. Price sald be travelled eastward by way of Krasnojarsk and Irkutsk (the direction of the central portion of the proposed railway) to Kiachta, on the Mongolian frontier ; thence S.E. to Ourga, the sacred city and the headquarters of the Mongolian Boddta. "Here," said Mr. Price, I stayed a month in the heart of the city itself and saw all there was to be seen. No other traveller has stayed here more than a few days. Then I crossed the Desert of Gobi to Kalgan in twenty days, going by special permission with the two Cossicks who carry the Russian mail. I have travelled across the Kalabarl and other African deserts, but for utter solitude and monotony of desolation I have never seen any- thing to equal the Desert of Gobi. For days and days we went on, over a plain as flat as à table, covered with fine gravel that wouldrejoice the heart of a gardener. Twice a day we came to wella ; |'. but if our beasts (camels) had been watered in the morning they were seldom indulged at night, probably to prevent them becoming unduly luxurious in their tastes; and they never seemed to want it, either. A camel seems to live on next to nothing. The camel cart in which I rode most of the way was the most atrocious conveyance it is possible to imagine. I almost think that if a camel-cart went over a level floor it would be affected by the geological formation of the ground underneath, and Jolt accordingly. When I was tired of the cart I could ride on one of the "abips of the desert" but I never got used to it. I am a bad sallor. From Kalgan I came by mule litter to Peking, and thence to Shanghat in the usual way.

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"Then altogether your impressions of Siberia were distinctly favourable,"

"Unquestionably. It was a delightful expert. ence, and I would willingly do all my travelling in Siberia over again. I like the Russians and believe Englishmen generally would like the Russians too if they knew them better, The principal annoyances I experienced were the kissing and handshaking. They are the curse of Siberia. At a dance or at the theatre there is handshaking all round. If you leave your umbrella at a house and go back for it, you shake hands with your host as if you hadn't seen bim for a month. And then the kissing-* and Mr. Price shuddered. "After my first experience, when a fellow suddenly seized me and kissed mo twice on the lips, I always took care to have pipe or cigar in my mouth when I was saying good-bye to a man. Unfortunately the custom is not in vogue amongst the ladies."

And the interview being finished, Mt. Price fashion.

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July 18th,

A native paper says that a French merchant recently went to Chefoo and waited upon Sheng Total, of whom he requested permission to ship a goo coolies to France, to work in some copper- mines. Sheng replied that he did not possess power to grant such a request, but that it lay with the Tsung-li yamsa to do so. The French merchant accordingly proceeded at once, to Peking.

prevalling sickness amongst the natives in the There has been a great diminution of the late neighbourhood, attributable in the native mind to the heavy rains having been rather too much for the evil spirits who caused the sickness and driving them away. The real reason is, that their dirty streets have been thoroughly cleansed both late rains and as a result the air in their

houses has been purified...

It is gratifying to know that although the rice crops have suffered, so severely from the late foods, the price of the grain, so far from rising, is dally becoming cheaper. The importations of late have been considerable, and sill further supplies are daily expected. So the poorer classes are happy. A chair coolle, or any other labouring man grumbles terribly if his dally consumption of rice costs him more than 30, to 40 cash.

We are informed on good authority that the

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Magistrates of Klen-yang, Abu-ning and NX7EATHER permitting, the "HONAM" ys-kow districts have respectively petitioned the leave Hongkong on SUNDAY next, bigh authorities for advice how to act under. the following circumstances. In the districts under the 20th Instant, at 9 a.m., returning from Macao, their jurisdiction, several natives have appeared, at 10 p.m. to rent houses, and after the leases were com pleted foreigners came to occupy the rald houses,

Loulas and the Duke of File, takes place 10 very graad 400 Réaumur (58° Fahr) of said good-bye to his questionér in strictly English and intended to convert them into chapels. To First Class Fare to Macao and back, 87. No

to her greni-grand-daughter. The Duke of Fife frost, for a week. At this temperature, if one is greatly relieved by the decision that the child's spits the saliva fails to the ground a solid tump title is to be Lady Flie instead of Princess, of ice. As there was no wind, the cold was He believe that the ancient carse which tradition always bearable. Is St. Petersburg, on the other ways rests upon the house of File has become | bard, where wind and cold fequently come extinct, having reached its highest point and together, it is different. At 25 Fahrenheit fulfilled Itself with him. The bear to the dukedom degrees of frost the theatres are closed and is an old and childless man, but it will now be people are warned to stay indoors." possible, in casa Lady Fife ever has maje issue,"What was your experience of the people for her to take the title of Duchess of Fils in generally, and their relations with the

the official her own right, and thus perpetuate the ageless classes fa m name, whereas, if she were to be Pilacear, the inferior title could not be rerived.

of Bismarck.

It is likely that there will be a reorganisation of the political parties of Germany owing to n split in the National Liberal party on the subject

KALARIES The retirement of Mr. Justin McCarthy from the leadership of the Irish party is expected to follow the release from jail of Mr. John. Dillon, who will succeed him,

The admirers of de Lesepr la London are organising to present him with memorial of their continued esteem and their sympathy with bim in his present (sibilasfony/

# They always seemed to be on excellent terms, Almost every one you meet in ither a political agile, or lime-expired criminal, or the descendant of one but they are so used to their state of existence that the fact le hardly ever referred to, and the stranger soon forgets all about it, Time expired political exiles are not debarred from holding official pests. The Director of the prison at Venselak was himself a political exile and ravillyriconvica might be very much wore off then be fe in a Siberian-town, I can quite imaging that to egile an educated man for four or 67e rears to some lonely little station in the Nett) si Siberia, where Be is entirely cut off from

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A RECORD OF A LIX WEEKS' TRIP.

XI.

Boat travelling has its good times too; the night we left it was delightful to be able to rest In peace after a weary ten daya' march. The river was clear, and the moon full, so we floated on till late. On either hand were high precipices. some bire, some deeply clad with ferns and shrubs, but all crowned with graceful palms and bamboos, nodding down to us as bent by the evening breeze. Deep down in the clear water, as far as the eye could see, on either hand were

other rocks and other trees, nodding up in unison with those abiye. For music there was the murmur of the hidden streams, as they made their mix over the stones into the river, and occasionally the mild thunder of distant cascade. We felt we were #far away in a region old where the riveis wandered pler: sands of gold”!

this the people in the several localities strongly objected and riots were feared, auch as took place on the Yangtze. The magistrates wisely ask for advice in anticipation.-Ecko.

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