In April last we announced that the Rev. De. Wouyon, th i Mission in company with pouser of the Hospit companied by a im)
trong guard of soldiers, t a plentiful supply of thedicines' and pr visions. Travelling up the West River as rapidly as circumstances would, permit, the party reached Nun Nin, whence they journeyed up the Lungchow, or Songki, River, a branch of the West River, the border city of Lungchow, Southern terminus of the Chinese Im: 200 miles from the junction of and about 16 miles from Lan Throughout of the journey it was that the Isrge ganga of turbulent disbanded soldiers which were frequently met with had produc complete reign of terror, The manda were powerless to control or suppress the thieving raids of these unwelcome gentry, and openly expressed th b afraid of them their villages and and on the hills, in order to merciless clutches of their own soldiery, eneral state of anarchy. prevailed, At intervals alons the route, the party met with poate containing amall parties of wounded men proceeding down the: river. All these were visited by Dr, Wenyon, who did what was possible to alleviate their sufferings.
Arrived at Lungeho} found to be wholly d regular inal house keep camp followers, Lung-chow. is' prettily situated on the banks of the Song-ki ud tly surrounded low limestone Under ordinary con ditions, the place must be very healthy, ared with other Chinese muke of whom dysentery, typhoid fever rom what Wenyou was able to observe personally dur: ing the few days ho was in the City, and feom the reports which rexchied him' from the nat ed to uormous. Large numbers of wounde:
brought to De Wong but in were a complete ious wounds which one would expect to find among soldier i and from thi concludes that the ntmbor of killed in battle must live been far greater that that of those wounded. Many of the camp Dr Wenyon was not allowed to account of t i soldiers, wh under very imporfoot control, ing to the caprice of that journal, As to our behaviour towards foreign officials, we have never employed any disrespectful titles, not to say of Presidents, Kin, Rulers, and Emperors of the Western coui tries, but oven the Ministers of the Foreign Offices, Premiers, Viceroys, Ambassadors, ala, Conauls, and Vice-Consuls by the rank they hold, them higher or lo nevertheless that journal is full of to their bodily the request of the Chinese authorities, to journey to the Kuangsi frontier, and render gratuitous medical assistance to the soldiers wounded in the engagements with the French vacation of Langson. After an absence of two months and ahslf, De. Wenyon returned to Inst week, and -sines then one of on opportunity of interviews ntleinan, who has courteousl ome particulars of hie journey and his experi On the 15th April, uncement of the conclusion of peace between France and China, all: his arrange-
Dr. Wenyon was unable to ascertain the wiumber of camps there we idea of the huge number of me collected and around Lungchow hay be formed when it is stated that the camping gro: extended from Lungchow for a d from 15 to 20 miles, with only hundred yards interval between the Some of ihe mand of men in camp at 60,090, judging fron covered and Men from almost everyone of the 18 provinces might have been found, aiid when Dr. Wenyon atated on his' bott
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