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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1892.

Jinx-The Swail has lost its office-boy, Wlux"Death loves a shining maik," Why didn't he take the editor and so save the paper

Berious loss.?

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"FASHIONABLE shroud-maker" is advertised on | A REGULAR meeting of Zelland Lodge, NJ

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will be held in Freematons' Hall, Zeiland Street, on Thursday, she rat proximo, at 8.30 for g om. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. THE Speaker of the Morland House of Representatives ruled the other day that Mr. of disrespectful and insulting guilty THE Agents (Messrs. D. Sassoon, Sons & Co.) language in alluding to Reeves (Minister for infoms us that the steamer Catherine Apcar, Justice and Industry) as the "Mloltsh for Lab. from Calcutta, left Singapore for this port thish, the peculiar sccent as the, last syllabl: af afternoon.

"Lab-ah" bélng placed there for the purpose of arousing the angry passions of the House and provoking a breach of the peace Then Fish wanted to know whether he was to allude to the Chals as Mr. "Speaker or B Mr. "Speakhaw," bat he was unaffed out,

Tur Seattish Oriental Co.'s m'éamer Påra Chula Chom Kidd was released from quarantine at Singapore on the 16th lost, and left for Dangkok the following evening..

THX Northern Pacific Co.'s virtually new steamer

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island, by way of trial, on Saturday, prior to Leaving-fer-Tacoma, Vancouver, etc. MESSRS. S. J. David & Co. have forwarded to us a very fine calendar for 1891 in black and gold, Issued by the South British Fire and Marlise Insurance Co., of which they are agents.. MISSRS. DODWILL Carlilf and Co, as agents for the London and Lancaabire Fire Insurance Co, have forwarded a neat and well executed almanack for 1997 issued by the latter company. THE Government Surgeon of Perak is reported to bare found one source of dircase amore Immigrant Tamil caolles, to arise from their enting uncooked rice, or rice only roasted with hot chillies.

THE British sicemship Baron Douglas which arrived here to-day from Batnam reports :---" Op the rth instant passed the bark James Kerr, from Liverpool to Calcutta, 87 days out, in lat. A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, 6°8 north and lone, go° 24 BASE."

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Second brokerWhy don't you go for it? Flat Broker-Can't rake up the steamboat. fare ta get up there, and they won't take a chlt. Trx Pilot Fisk, Captain Stópadl, towed the Chingtu over to Aberdeen this morning and brought the Lennox therefrom to her anchorage. The Gluchtberg was also taken over to the Cosmopolitan deck for a clean up to-day. TIEmost fertile field of the Mormon missionaries, -says-the-Boston-Record-has-been-in London, and all efforis to stop the work of proselyting have proved fettle. Among the middle and the lower classes the oily tongued elders find ready | listeners and many converts.........

THE editor of the Franklin (Ga) News makes The editor loves flowers, this announcement: and it makes no difference whether, they are dropped in his box at the Postoffice or sent to his office dhee-they are just as pretty, and the girls who furnish them are just as sweet,"

4 SIKH pamed Roullis, who enlisted in the Hongkong Police Force on the 12th March, 1890, did the "Vanishing Act" on the 17th of September of the same year owing to the same old cause gountaing of debt which he couldn't climb over-but having got everything "squared" since he left these shores, came back a day or two ago and yesterday surrendered himself to The limbs of the law at the Central. He was docked before Mr. Hastings this morning and fined $60 with the alternative of three months in the Retreat The coin was paid up........ The last Irish census shows a decline of popola tion since 1881 of 170,000. The number of foreigners has increased, chiefly owing to the immigration of Resitas Jews. The Methodists have increased about 13 per cent the Roman Catholics have decreased so per cent, the Episcopalians 6 per cent and the Presbyterians

5 per cent. Butibe Roman Catholic' clergy have increased. The Irish language in also dying out, Ten years ago 64,000 people spoke Irish only: lo 1891 there were 38,000. In 1881 there were 85,000 who could speak Irish and English, and last year, there were only 642,000.

THE NATION MOURNED, The Nation mourned ; it seemed as though There was no heart bot shaved the woo, No one but felt some grief bls own, When Death's cold hand shook England's throne. The Nation mosmed; throughout the land Ali hearts were touched by that cold hand, And to their prince, by sorrow bent, Sweet words of consolation sent, The Nation mourned; for once again Death's certain hand has brought it pain; This time a voice beloved by all Was hushed and borne beyond recall The Nation mourned; bis loss its own: Cared-the-Princely Helt-to-the-Throne ?- No word had he for the people's son, No-care had he but for his gun.

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which

(To be continued)

ARNOT REID ON "THE GIRLS;"

aboure amidships 30 feet long, covered over in June with a fair wind, and the Taing Yün gorge feet in the right direction at an even time' the usual Chinese style with bambes matting, was reached before noon. Up to this point gait and in a few seconds'Ï'ysached in pausal. I etc., open fore and alt, but the end pieces, being the river is brand and full of sand had rome difficulty, in the denez, is getting telescople, could be drawn out and let down to banks with mostly flat country on either up to the roof, but at coded and wax the deck in the event of bad weather. The fore side, but the scenery now is entirely changed. about to take up my position is to my borrok part of this house was occupied by myself, three The river is confined to a narrow channel the rifle slipped from my hand and fell to the Chinese merchants and my native servant, who between two ranges of bills which rise precipi-grund. After taking a few minutes to consider whatway to be done under the circumstances, I acted as my cook; the crew, consisting of the tously from the water's edge on both sides to bead boatman, four men, two women and four a height of about from one thousand to fifteen decided to take the recovery of my gun and children, took possession of the after part. We hundred feet. There are few trees on these hills slipped dows from the roof for that purpose. In except in the ravines and around the small doing so I disforbed the stepping stones by were, however, practically all together, as there was no partition between. I had provided temples which are scattered about in most which I get up, and after being again sumed 1 pletoresque places, covered with venture and fund It Impossible to get back. In despair I myself with a camp bed, but the Chinese, in the usual native fashion, slept haddled together farming pleasant change of scenery from the tried to climb up a clump of bambers, but after on the floor. Our boat was provided with a sort monotonous sand banks and fit country a couple of unsuccesful attempts gave that idea of double mast, stepped forward of the house we had passed through for the past two day up, alio, and as it was still ptch dork I made up my mind to make my way b.ck to the on each gunwale and meeting at the top, about at This was a pleasure that has to be experienced feet high; they were lashed together, and to before it can be fully realised. One large temple boat. I started at a brisk walk, which soon them was then added thick bamboo about 12 called Fel-loy-che is charmingly altuated on the turned into a tret, and abartly, afterward becams. feet long, which acted as a top-mast. In the mountain side among the rocke, surrounded by full gallop. Instead of running towards the event of a hexd wind and fair, tide these masts oumerous large and shady trees and is visited by river, however, I was by mistake going parallel can be lowered to the deck by me.n of binges; most travellers. In the absence of wind we had with it, and had I not observed a light, which golog agalant the stream, however, the mast is to track through the gorge, a slow and tedious turned out to hea lamp carried by two coollen used with a head wind for tracking, rope--job which occupied nearly two hours against a rent out from our boat in search of me and is attached to the mast-head, the crew go on swift corrent. On clearing the narrow paste which I made for I-might-have-been running shore and by the aid of this rope hapt the craft entered a thickly wooded country with well stilt The hostmen had also beard the sleer's along. On all the rivers which I have seen in timbered bills on the near back ground, and growls and were arxious for my unfety. I felt the Kwangtong Province there is a tracking great many blue brick factories are to be seen at quite relieved to get into the boat again, and at path on elther side; Indeed it would he work on either side along the banks. The soon as I got aboard we hauled out from the Impossible in the absence of steam power to get market town of Wan-seak-hue was reached bank and anchored in mid stream. I have often along without this method. The sails consisted about 4 pm, and two hours Ister wo anchored heard of tiger hunting being excellent sport, and of two main sails, one on each halt mast, and a

for the night. It had rained incessantly for over it may be so ur der favorable circumstances; but top-sail, all made out of the old gunny coverings thirty hours and the water in the river had to my experience of it that dark night was quite in opium-chests or Bombay cotton-yarn-bales. consequence risen_six_fer!; the current was The wind always follows the course of the river, tremendously strong and our progress by different. I can't say that I think much of it. I......... guided doubtless by the high hills on either side, tracking was necessarily slow. The following so that it is either leading or foul, and nothing day our men were on shore at daylight and in the shape of centreer lee boardsis consequently resumed tracking against 's swollen current; required on these fl t-bottomed river boata the rain bad continued all night and although it

Starting at once with a fir wind and dide, we cleared up when morning bad fairly set in, the Our Juvenl'e friend and admirer · P ping commenced our voyage by following the Parl mountain streams could be seen dathing Rret, hiving tried to copy the style of Kipling River in a sorberly direction, and passed Belcher down the distant hills, the current, If anything, and found that be could not kiple, has changed and Bourchier Islands and the towas of Shik- being stronger than on the previous day and his course and set out as humnoris,” “He Moon, Kam-Kai and Pak-Sha in the course the river was filed with branches of trees and writes to the poor anfortunate Straits Timerlang of the afternoon and reached the Kom-Shan rubbish washed from the shore. At 8 o'clock screeds which have to ga lo, as coming from the Monastery at 5 o'clock. The Monastery is beautiwe entered the Great Temple Pas-which editor, or 'elva "somebody would get the sack fully situated on high rocky hills which are takes its name from a large temple at the lower whenshe comes home to his marble bal's. (N.B. covered with largetters, ferns and creepers on both

entrance on the east bink-a pisanger of not We have seen some of the marble with which banks of the liver. From Canton in this point over fifty yards wide through a high mountain | Reid says all the Singapore houses are flirred; there is liule of interest to describe; the Wilte range, and here we experienced the full force of it is much theme as that used in the Cloud Mountains could be seen at a distance of a mountain torrent. The towing path, made |bathrooms of cheap Eurórean hausa, in Chint, about three miles, and a number of lime-kilus slippery by the rain, gave lasecure foatheid to nt a cent to 4 cents & iglare foot were busy at work on the banks, turning stone the trackers, but the light-draft of our boat according to thickness, and is n shade inferior to which is apparently imported by boats from the stood us in goed stead, as we were able to steer best Canton red tiles) The leer ke perpe North or West Fiverr. The fuel used for this quite close to the bank and take advantage at trated by this facetions youth is about the girls purpose is made of dried reeds and long grass, the eddles caused by the jutting rocks. When of San Francisco, He begins :- which grow in large quantities to this district, the time came to go round these rocks every one

SAN FRANCISCO, October 1st. After a short inspection of the Monastery and a on board-had-to-bear-a-band-in-poling-the-It records with the name that-the-Gly-of- little chin-chin to Joss" at one of the temples crew being on shore tracking. Unbke the Tsing the Golden Ga'e should be a city peopled with for a successful voyage, we resumed our journey Yün gorge, the bills are here covered with treee beautiful women," and entered what is known as the, Sam-Shui on both aldes. The narrow part of the pasi is. Well, then, it also accards with the name that creek, running westward; it is, however, as far as only about a mile in length, but although the river the Wild West should be visited by wild asses I could see the main Pearl River, and joins the is wider above, the same surroundings remain like the one who is now across (bere “represent. North and West rivers at the junction of Sam.

and continue with more or less variety as for as | ing Asla," Srul (bree waters). I look upon Sam-Shul and Kong Hau, a small town at the Junction of the That wealth of loveliness is obvious even to 1-Pau, of which more anon, as the divided North and Liu-chao rivers, which place we | him who comes direct from England, and its channel of the Canton river. At 6 pm, we reached at noon at a distance frota Canton of almost wasteful plenty smrzes the man from reached the market town of Kaan Yue on the about 150 miles and half way to Lin-chao. Asia. Wasteful" is a subtie ks on the west back, opposite to which. we entered the After some delay, caused by the examina. giris.] Of course I do not say that the beauty Lu Pau creek, a short cut into the North river. tion of our boat at the Likin station, of the women of San Francisco is equal to This creek, although scarcely marked on the locat we entered the Lin-chao river, our course being the best of that which adorns the life of chart. is a very important channel to boat in a north-westerly direction. The water in this the world's capital. There can be nothing in a navigation and large trade is carried on river is beautifully clear and not very deep, with new 'community that can compare with the great fanctions of London life. It would be through it at certain seasons of the year between a bright gravel bottom and fish to be seen THE Macao municipal elections took place last the North river and Canton. It tuna in a north- darting hither and thither in great numbers. The unreasonable to expect that a new city of 100 003 Sunday and caused more than ordinary excite westerly direction from Keen Yue to the town of country is well-wooded and mountainous, the inhabitants, a commercial city of individually ment owing to the strong feeling of partisanship prevailing. Usually the voleis have numbered on the North river. As far as the whols scene vividly recalling to one's mind the made fortunes, could compare with the beauty scenery on this creek is concerned there is little days spent in years gone past on the rivers in a that is chosen by natural selection from all the from 120 to 125, but on this occasion no fewer to be said, the country being flat and uninterest, far distant land at the other side of the world. world but I know of no city of England whers than 284 voles were registered, The following ing and the banks very base, with here and there We had very little current against us and the streets are so filled with lovely women as they was the state of the poll :-

a clump of trees or bamboos.

managed to make good progress with the aid of ste in San Francisco... Kearny Street, Montgo We anchored for about five 1 ours during the four large oars worked from the fore deck. mery: Street and Market Street, of an after night and started on our journey with daylight Beyond a few lime-kilns along the banks, with noon, are crowded with girls of from 18 to 25 en June 15th, arriving at Lu Pau at 10a.m. here and there a wood-cutter's but there | years of age=gisks of lovely complexions, happy- where we entered the North river. The Lawas no sign of life-to-be seen for miles | eyer, healthy lacek, and robust figures, and of a Pia creek, like that of Sam Shul, is only open to along. Both banks are covered by a deep vigorous and upright camlage. These girls are navigation during the summer months, say from belt of bamboos, with thickly-wooded "kills not necessarily of the leisured or the wealthy the beginning of April to the end of October, behlad. A light fair wind sprang up towards classes p and many of them areobviously of the when the water ta high, for although there is at evening, of which we took every advantage, and | people." all times sufficient depth of water in these creeks before anchoring for the night our distance was themselves, the low and swift current of the reckoned at 20 miles up the Lin-chao river, North river in the winter months throws up a bridge of sand which completely blocks the entrances, and navigation for the time being has to be carried on between Canton and the West and North rivers by way of Fatshan for light draft boats, but for anything over three feet the Kem Chuke route has to be resorted to, a loss in distance of something like 40 miles by the first and 60 miles by the second route.

that general impression It is a

the Canton river is one of the months of the great West river, but beyond its connection at Sam Shul at the funcilon where the creek of that name joins the North river there is actually no ̈communication between the two, and even there, my idea is that the North river supplies the water of the current which passes Centon. I am therefore of opinion that the so-called Canton river is merely one of the outlets of the North river for seven months of the year and that for the other five it is only a river by name, depending entirely on the tide for its current up or down, little fresh water being added to it | from the surrounding country. The Fatshan creek, however, which enters the 'Back' reach of the Pearl river some three miles below Canton, and larger communications farther down bring a large supply of leesh water from the West river and prevent the sea water coming farther up than Whampoa

The Nation mourned ; 'twas mind to see Its Prince so fall of self could be, And when it looked for a few kind words, The Prince was racing, or shooting birds. The Nation woɑrned no langer now, For it warning gave it might be done Some day with lovers of the gun.

ASSORTED PINEAPPLE; LIME, DAMSON. | GEĠRGE SMITH, JUnser of the Colonial Hotel, at Though solemn looks were on its brow,

GUAVA, RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY,

PLUM, &c.

CALLARD AND BOWSER'S

EVERTON TOFFEE.

No. 1 Jubilee Street, ansaulted a customer is that tstablishment last night and at the Police Court to-day was fined $7 for the offence. It trans- p'red in evidence that Smith was an American seaman getting $15 der mensem for "running" foreigners.

BUTTER SCOTCH, ALMOND ROCK and THE North Borneo Herald says that Mr. W. G. Darby recently sent three tahlls of Lahadatu goki ta Hongkong for assay, equivalent to four pancer English weight. The assay states the samples to contain 97 per cent, of gold valued at 21.33 taels per tabil, equal to £3.18.9 to £42 English money per ounce,

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Hongkong, 10th November, 1892.

BIRTH

On Saturday (13th) the Doke of the Leo Tuen Refinery, Antonio Ferreira, was at the Macao licensed fantan dive, with his alde-de-camp Plusuratlo, and bath lost heavily, had a fight with the bankers, got run In, and poor old Baron do Assumpcão bad to go and ball them out. Case settled on the quiet.

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Wx beg to acknowledge receipt of a pamphlet issued by the National Press, Libon, an Chinese Sociology, with special reference to the medical and religious superstitions of the country which gave rise to the anti-European disturb Ances of 1891. The original essay was by Dr. McGowan, of Canton, and has been translated into Portuguese by Sr. Demetrio Cinatti, consul

Canton. at

of Portugal.

THUS the Sydney Bulletin:-Queen Victoria has sent Lady Tennyson a letter of condolence -in-which-she..says_that_Tennyson_was "ever kind to me." When John Brawn died the Queen said just the same of the deceased flunkey, and even that babitual toady and court jester, Lon- don Punch, was stung into publishing batch of satirical verses, concluding with the pregnant words "who wouldn't be good to a Queen ?"

THE French appropriations for 1893 will be F4645,000,000 francs for the army and 280,000,000 francs for the navy. Ninety-eight new vessels are in course of construction, of which eight tronclads are to be finished next year. Twenty-¦

At Belton Terrace, on the 23rd instant, the one new cruisers will be launched by 1896. wife of JAS. R.. MUDIE, of a 100.

The

Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOVIMBER 24, 1892.

TELEGRAMS:

STEAMSHIP PASSENGERS AND NATIVE CREWS.

LONDON, November 15th. The Sailors' and Firemen's Union has sued a notice warning passengers against travelling in vessels that are manned by Lascar or Chinese crews, and it points to the "Bokhara and Roumanía disasters.

THE PAMIR QUESTION.

November 22nd, The parleying between England and Russia on the Pamir Question is progretalng very favourably, and it is anticipated that a complete understanding will be arrived at shortly.

FRANCE VICTORIOUS IN DAHOMEY.. The French troops have ertered Abomey un- opposed and the King of Dorey has sub- milited.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'H.M.S. Firebrand came down from Canton this moreleg.,

Sixty-two torpedo boats are to be built, and the Bask of France has 1,447,000,000 franca lo gold In its vaults more than any other. European Dalion.

MR C. E. MILLER, arrested in Singapore for alleged emberalement in Hlogo and released on A wilt of habeas corpus, is reported to have been again arrested on his arrival at Sourabaya from Singapore. Mr. Miller, if we mistake not, was once a resident of Hongkong and married a daughter of Mr. J. D. Woodford, once well known on the "Rialto" and as an accountant f the local branch of the Hongkong and Shanghal

Bank.

WE regret to learn from Singapore that during the recent voyage of the P. & D. Co.'s steamer Bombay from here to Singapore, the little daughter of Garrison Sergeant-Major and Hra | Meredith died at sex on the evening of Bunday the 6th Inst. and was buried at 10 o'clock the following morning. The numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs, Meredith in this colony will sincerely sympathise with them in this sad bereavement, the loss of their only child.

THE Occan Co.'s new steamship Ulyares arrived here this morning. This is the third vesul of the same name built for Mr. Alfred Holt, the last one having been wrecked on the coast of Japan between Yokobama and Kobe, after which it was said that the name would never be used again. The new Ulyser is of 2,299 tons register, and is in every way similar to the rest of the Blue Funnel boats, except that she is driven by triple expansion Instead of compound fandem engines.

TODAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.

Inward.

THE P. &'O, 'S. N. Co.'s steamship. Tekiran, || Avochis miningssteamer, from Hongay. which arrived at Singapore from túls port on the | Formosa........... ----46th-insty reposied-having-experienced a typhoon Kwongsang-

during the voyage.

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Aggregating 9,303 tons, register.

Outward.

A REGULAR meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge,

No: 364 will be held in Freemasons Hall, Gangre teamer, for Singapore. Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock Lawang

Singapore. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially farited. Just Aggregating 5:746 tona, regiters/

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Almeida...... Fernandes, Jr.

Majar José Victarina.

A. J. Balto.....

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Pedro Nolasco da Silva........................ 135 LJ, Baptista marieria

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The first six were declared elected, but wa understand that Mr. Aimelda, who is 71 years of age, and Major Victorino havs petitioned the Government for leave to retire, and the probability is that Mr da Silva and Mr. Baptista will find places in the Leal Senado. The principal difference between the opposing factions was the vote of censure passed by the Municipal Chamber on the Chapter of the Cathedral on account of the row over the last anual anniversary of Macao's Patron Saint, and the feeling is said to have been a very bitter one. The most strenuous efforts are stated to have been pat forth to exclude Métrs. Bastos and P. N. da Silva from the Council, but it seems that both there gentlemen will be intrusted with municipal responsibilites,

The following alphabet of proverbs is worth persing

A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. Boasters are cousins to llars. Confession of a fault makes half amends. Denying a fault doubles it, Envy shoots at others and wounds herself. Foolish foar doubles danger. God. teaches us good things by our own hands.

He has hard work that has nothing to do. It costs more to revenge wrongs than to suffer them.

Knavery is the worst trade. Learning makes n man at company for bimself.

Modesty is a guard to virtue. Not to hear conscience is the way to allence

it

Ono Hour to-day is worth, two to-morrow, Proud looks make foul work in fair faces, Quiet conscience given quiet sleep. Richest is he that wants jeant."- Small falls Indaiged me little thieves that let In greater ones.

The boughs that bear most bang lowest, Upright walking is sure walking. Virtos and happiness are mother and daughter, Wise men make more opportuniles than they and,

You never lose by doing a good act Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

CANTON TO LIN-CHAO,

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M'yes. Some of them come to Hongkong. "The manner of dress is not always (although, It often (1) notable for good tiste ; but they are” all educated, they all seem happy, and they.. display an overflowing abundance of health and apfrit that marks them out as fitted to be the mothers of a mighty race. That is the fint- Impression of the globe trotter ; and very often the globe trotter does not see much more, I was more fortunate,"

Of course. Can't help attracting the girls, can we, Amot ? Born beautiful, you see. It might be interesting to know how much of the girls ha really anw

"ft was known that I intended to visit America, my name had been mentioned":

~That was why they got up the Chicago Ex- hibition,

At daylight on the 18th June 1 found the river to be much narrower and the current swifter. In the absence of wind wo commenced the day by sending our mes on shore to track, and in a few hours were passing between barren hills of limestone, with hundreds of klins busy at work near the river. A little further along the hills are covered with grass, and the valleys between are under cultivation, Heavy rain storms had lately been experienced in this district, which had carried away paris of the towing path and rendered our progress slow; many landslips could be seen along the mountain ranges. Wo passed through several fine gorges in the course of the day, one expecially where the hills on either side riss to a height of about 2000 feet. They are covered with grass with huge boulder to when I arrived in San Francisco, and scattered about. This particular gorge is about presented my letters of introduction, or called a mile in length, and on emerging from it weapon those people upon whom I had been asked encountered the first rapid, and k took our men to call, I found that they accepted me as, so to all their strength to get the boat safely up speak, the representative of Singapore." After this a well cultivated plain about three And they must have thought Singapore a miles deep on each side meets the view, with | miserable que-horse place—or one-nas | farm houses dotted all over it. The principal “I have in my mind ene little, party, where productions of this locality are sugar cane, Indian there were some eight or ten of us, men and corn, beans and peas. This plain extends for women, and where we all strolled into the dining a considerable distance ; the principal towns are room in a casual and independent way, each us Yae Chol and Hong Kwan, the latter being the seemed fit in his own eyes, and without, appare centre of a large pig breeding district, from which ently, any clear nation as to how the guests hundreds are shipped daily to Canton, They should be placed, F feed on young bamboo shoots and other roots, Tible thing, drink!"

first discovery of the merry-go-round which are grown in iho neighbourhood specially for that purpose. Hers ibe atrasta is crossed by is screechingly funny :-

bildge of boats, the only bridge on the river, It is worked by machinery that goes not It consists of 25 pontoons ;"two"boats lashed / only the wooden borses and boats to go round, together form each pontoon, moored in a line bir also the whole platform on which they are across the river about 12 feet apart, and these are built, thus obviating risk of much hurt in case connected by two one-foot planks which form the of the children falling off. The wooden borres bridge. Before these planks are removed to have a rotary motion, and (be lule wooden allow boats to proceed up or down, a toll has to bosis have also imparted to them a wave motion, bo pild ranglog from 50 cents to 23 according which seemed to me as if it were ca'culated to to the size of the boat. Hong Kwan is also "cause rekű méz-sickness,”

Lu Pau, like Sam Shui, is the first Lekin station. Boats entering the North river at Sam Shul, or further down, are exempt from examination or taxation there. After a slight detention caused by the examination of my passport and the inspection of our boat we procceded with a fair wind up the North river, The lower part of this, unlike the West river, is devold of interest, the banks are low with occasional deserted-looking villages surrounded by bamboo groves, and high land is to be seen on the far background.. The current at ibis season of the year is very strong and although the stream Zikin station, where we again experienced And you pay a penny, and a man grinda an is wide, sand banks frequently crap up in the considerable delay in going through the formal organ Wonderful inventioni middle. I was told that these banks are work of tospecika. My passport was looked Golf would salt them admirably, giving Just shifting some form in one night and dis-et with no little amount of curiosity, as very few subficient exercise for the climate-ant nok 160 appear in a few days, while Dibers | foreign travellers are in the habit of staroiling | much, and If only wein going to be a month form at other places, making navigation | this way;; Just as darkness was setting in we here, I think I would take upon myself, iba dosing the night dangerous. The village of arrived at another rapid, but, by the aid of a responsibility of introducing it. I am not Min Fat Sung on the west bank was reached friendly wind and our men on shore tracking sure that it would be fair either to Scot about noon ; it is situated at the foot of a barren experienced little trouble 'le getting over the fand or to the Straits that I afculd 'pare mountain range, the bighest peak probably difficulty, and then anchored for the night opposite as a practical exponent of the gamej but In consequence of the seizure by the Canon reaching an altitude of 3,000 feet. These hills a small wood cutter's village situated in a thick lecture on the art of golf I might deliver. Any Labs authorities of a cargo of goods consletag occupy this side of the river for a distance of bataboo grove on the west back, at the last of a excuse to let off more J.] As it is, I am going **15**-* | to procure that volume ofine Badminton Library of 314 bales of Indian cotton-yarn, three bale of over two miles, and after passing them the low high mouslain range,

case of white shirtings at sand banks, with bamboo graves in the back Some of our men who had gone to the "which deals with the subj ct, and send it back, T cloths and Lin-chao, a city in the far north-west of the Kwag. ground, are the only things to attract the eye on

village to buy food returned with the to one of my San Franctie, frends la order to, tung Province, whilst under Transit Passes be either side for a long distance. The wind failed information that large tiger afghtly vulted post him on the subject. It seeds the fair duce. our crew Wero the place, that it had carried off a Bamber tion of such ■ game to miko San Franciico, talued by my firm, I decided to personally weit us during the afternoon and Lin-chao and ascertain for myself the the obliged to go on shore and track. We passed of cattle and pigs and that if I cared to quite happ particulars in connection with what, prima fait, on the cast bank about 5 o'clock the large market come on shore when the moon got up I was

Great Scott 15 appeared gross outrage on treaty rights, town of Shek Kok, situated on the baiside of a certain to get a shot at the unwelcome intrades In San Francisco, I am told, there is plenty A brief description of my journey into what sharp and narrow bend of the river, and con. The moon that night was to rise at a 'clock, but wigs to be seen if one looks for it, and severa practically an unexplored district of the geat sequently exposed to the full force of the current, to order to made the necessary arrangements gentlemen of the press were willing to crandrict Chinese Empire ill probably have some The embankment opposite this town gave way left the boat about midnight armed with a double me on a tour of tospec fan, which I did not Interest for the numerous readers ofthe Hongkong some years ago, causing immense destruction to barrelled express rifle, and having invested in allow to proceed farther than a marged ball”. Telegraph, and I think that a few special cm. property and great loss of life. The present balt in the shape of a pig. I selected a spot to frequented by women of the town and young ments which I thay see fit to make will attact embankment was constructed after this under watch for my quarry on the top of a woodenter's girls of the poorer classes-girls, who cause to the attention of these commercially Interested in European supervision and looks a very sub- but. Having secured my pig to an adjoining dance and probably departed to sin. I do not

stantial piece of work ; it extends for over a mile clump of bamboor, with a string from his bind speak much of it, because I did not look for it. Chinese trade.

We left Canton on the rath June, 1hs, along the back. The pagoda of Shek Kok is built leg to my perch on the roof at which I could Good finle Boy I That's what they all way in small native cargo-bost, having mana amall hill on the opposite side of the river, pull to make him squeal when the time came, they didn't go to look for it, but they get there barked at the steps opposite the Shamen Towards the evening a strong breeze sprang up and being assured that the ilger never came just the same,page

There is a great deal more that is ansusing in Hotel, on the creek. After threading and we made good progress for several botes abroad before the moon rose, I lit cigar

concludes with a discussion of Taing Yin about g'o'clock," where we anchored legs before going on watch. Suddenly the for the night. The river at this part is very wide most unearthly growl, came from the thick graciously deciding, to let the : Americans. and we had great difficulty in threading our way bamboos close by which warned me that exclude the Chinese, if they with No doubt through the innumerable sandbanks in the dark my friend was within a few yardas: I was some there will be big testimonial and a vol

- A fresh start was made at daylight on the 16th -distanes from the hut, but insiluet carried my 1 tanks for his kindness,

of

way, through the numerous small craft ind under sail, arriving opposite the district town of } and was quietly: taking' alwalk to: stretch my queriion' in California”, Arnot

attendant smells, we reached the open rier, where, opposite Oliver Polat, we transferred mr- salves, bag and baggage, into an up-country all. fog bost, the Lis-Clad Piu Stu, datobationed craft about yy feet long and 10 feet banen, with