in his neighbourhood and "when he coughs haifa-dozen men stand up." At the doo: perhaps a hundred of his own neighbours get a daily pittance. He, though the owner of 6,000 acres of land, is poor enough this year and the children of own personal servants are pale and thin. As we went in a woman outside his courtyard toiling up a path to her hut was wearily FTO a basket heaped up with willow leaves, her supper. Could any of; the foreigners or Chinese who have contributed to this relief fund have seen where their money went they would have been glad they had sent it.
Hsiichien, 16th May. bably.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.