One of the best improvements these companies have recently accomplished is the stone face they have put to the river bank in front of their respective premises, and the broad and commodious steps that put out from them. There is still une thing needed, which will, no doubt, come in time, and that is an oil lamp atthe top of each, for at present the Bund is scolloped out, like the crenelated top of " wall, and the unguarded recesses are a sort of death trap to the unwary traveller wrestling with embattled darkness, They have done so much between them furtheimprovement of Ichang that they will surely pur this eopestons to thole work by this addition. The Customs, (00, now they have re-elected their railings, and otherwise repaired and reconstructed the gangways and staging the rioters destroyed, might improve their landing steps and front by a couple of oil lamps, to comfort the soul and spate the shins of benighted travellers who may have come from the steamers to break bread with us on dark nights; as the new whisky is apt to get into one's eyes, while strong coffee is proverbially productive of ophthalmia. There are other reasons beside these, but they need not be mentioned.
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