The egg produced by the pheasant of fable, together with the equally fabulous dragon, has actually been hatched at Matung, a little way lower down river! Certainly the Pahsien has been down to inspect the spot. It is the duty off the officials to destroy these egos all over China, their whereabouts being discoverable by the snow refusing to lie over them. But as we have mostly no snow here perhaps that has been held 23 an excuse for the officials, for we do not hear of any being beheaded or otherwise punished for letting the dragon come out. who Pahsien indeed refuses to be drawn The Chinese seem all to be born cooks till people attempt to teach them "plain roast and boiled," but it is sad to hear in a Jeter from a friend in the capital of Kueichou Province, "ten years ago the price of rice per basin was 7 cash. Now owing to the poppy taking the place of what ought is 20 cash for the same _gantty of rice.
produce food for the people the price 'And the people are wretchedly poor and clad, whilst their poor bodies are wasting' away from the constant use of the One often wonders what effect it would have upon the characters of the ill-fed millions of China, if for one year they could have enough fo eat every day. on the subject and say what he actually 4 uthampton policeman once said: "The lo here are very quiet now. And saw. "All nonsense, all nonsense!" he people give plenty of reasons for it. But says. The curious part of it is that we never should have heard of his visit oe. are poorer since the P. & O, don't call here. And I've seen a man slink and its object, but for noting the ex-along. the other side of the street quite tra ordinarily heavy rain that seemed to quietly, who used to go jumping along with pour and pour over Matung. We are man; PPus dwellers on the hill tops now-—though his ce fall of Boney." Woul lo of China go "jumping along?" not at all after Mr. Grant Allen's fashion, perhaps, those dree ping atu lookin: T fancy—and one of our daily entertain: beings it is to believe human with their ments is to watch the thunderstorms march-Jong matted hair, their many bones showing along the lower country, investing first one mountain, then another, dividing here, colours, whether with mud and to render ing, and their bodies smeared a variety of diverging there. And one could not but themselves hideous and more terrible, or note how the most awful thunderstorms from vanity one never knows. Would those passed by all obstacles to concentrate themselves upon Matung. Commenting upon this wretched-looking beggers if given square meals go "jumping along" too? as we sat in the starlight in the evening watching our other entertainment, the P.S.—And now our own particular play of the lightning, we remarked it thunderstorm arrived, and the rain might be worth while to go to Matung to souses down. see what had happened there, and then Ist July. were told of the Puhsien's visit to inspect
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