Kuling is the name of a section of the Lushan range in the Province of Kiangsi China. It lies about thirteen miles from Kiukiang, a port on the Yurstze River, 450 miles from Shanghai. snd" 150. vacant lots large enough for a Church and Public Garden.
Tae scenery of the Kuling vicinity is It is not only pleasing to the rds an excellent study of the of water on the earth. A fine view the plains and the foot hills, ix obtaind from the low ridge at. the entrance of the Estate. The penance of a from Hankow, the mietripolis of Central China. Tt consists ut a gently sloping steep climb on the hills back of Kuling is valley, about four thousand feet above rewarded by the prospect of the Poyang malaria level, which is checkered with Lake. The hills are green and restful to numerous streamlets of pute, cool, fresh the eye. Nevertheless, the ubiquitous water (not often seen in this part of the russ cutters may be seen making "hay." while the sim shines: wild flowers in great country) and shot to the core with sunshine. The tiny rills which come down bundane* and variety are found every-from the mountain sides unite to form a I where. 'The most conspicuous at this main stresm which Hows through the time of the year, is a species of red lily which grows in' the brook beds. This centre of the valley.
This valley has been houyht by foreigners morning we observed some of these lovely flowers pinned in the button hole of and divided by them into 130 large lots all of which have been re-sotd, a "nobby" little Frenchman and not far ff x non-aesthetic, utilitarian Chinese was rest houses—one in Kiukiang, one' at the ruthlessly yethering large quantities of the beauties—for greens to boil with his foot of the hills, and another on the Estate—and cutting the roxd up the mountains. lev. The Japanese nightingale with his liquid note and final whistle, is heard at all Kulingis controlled by foreigners, and a lot j hours of the day, Where these binds nest forfeited if sold to a Chinese. The place their young ix a marvel, for there are no has long been known as Ku-niu-ling, trees in Kuting. They probably find " re-2 F-2g, but the European who takes treat in the tall grass and bushes of the great liberties with Chinese names, has valley sides. eliminated the middle character and Mel cat ele imi e middle character and the!
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Continent might be used by the too eager philologist to prove the unity of the bunion race, 'The Chinese say that " bull haunts this erstwhile lonely valley. Whether it is white like the ox which carried off Europa, we have not found out, hut for ayes it. has infested these mountains, lowing, as we may suppose, in " most' ghostly manner, and spreading dismay amon the hundreds of feet below. Why fore should ascend those hills and build costly. residences far removed from the '"s.noke of man," was beyond the ken of the Chinese. Finally the secret was discovered. Westerners hare found out the tricks of this uncanny beast and the bull now submiss sively and dutifully points out to them the treasures of gold, silver, and precious stones! which the mountains contain; and this is the cause of the rush to Kuling! Nearly as childish as the story of Bosphoras, but the anachronism mal it more silly.
De Bosporo wit nisi bovium. Here are fifty stone houses nearly all completed, and some of them would be an ornament to any city. We have plenty of stone for building, plenty of pure water, plenty of fresh mountain air. This is really the first summer that Kuling has become known to the civilised world, and now (3rd July, 1897) people are flocking to the plice, About one hundred Europons are here already. The Chinese have followed by the hundreds. Just before entering the Kling Estat, the Chinese, attract by the foreizmn dollar, are forming a settlement of their own. Beef killed on the spot, bread baked in Kuling ovens, milk from the Kuling dairy,
are to be had in the greatest abundance. with eggs, vegetable, all cheap enough, The Imperial Post has come boldly forward and now several carriers arrayed in gorgeous uniforms, with ACppfLEY brass buttons, arrive each day at 8 a.m. with the lotters and leave at 4 p.m., without extra cost to the dwellers in the Happy Village.
From these remarks, however, it must not be inferred that everything is in working order in modern Kuling. The existence of this Magic Settlement has been too brief for many roads, lights, and convenieness; but in due time we will have all these. A meeting of the lot-holders is to be held in August when most of those interested will be present. Measures will then be devised to conserve the public good, The Estate possesses two or three Tue fusion will be ay led by adhere ctly to the regulations already mule with the coolies. Upon arriving Riukiang let all luggage be eat ried to the rest-house. Thirty cash for ench load is ta he paid to ench coolie. When these coolies are paid off, the rest-house caretakers will weigh the baggage and receive payment in full for as much as has been weighed and a receipt ix taken, This is given to the cooli x when the hazgage arrives at the foot-hills rest-house. A xi lar trans-(action is mule at the foot-hills rest-house for Kuling where the coolies are dismissed with the receipt, a presentation of which at Kiukiang secures their pay. Tt inadvisable to change chair coolies at Lien Hue Tung (iff 42 aa). the foot-hills, if the trip from Kiukinng to Kuling is to be accomplished in one day. The fresh air makes an Englishman feel in the humour for a liberal cumshaic, but it causes trouble for the next comer. The damp weather is apt to warp bent-wood furniture and we {suspect that musical instruments will re-Yert to. original wood or become wnlued. Mosquito curtains will certainly by needed en route and probably on the hills. There seems to be a good supply of excellent charcoal for cooking and a modified Chinese range with iron bars for grates is much in use. We note that evershody thinks his lot the hest, and Shakespeare has long since remarked "Our content is our best having.
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