has returned from the north and has reached Tungchang-f, 110 & to the south-east of us. The experience of Inst year has brought them along in good time not to get shut in over winter. © Here at Linching it is necessary to uniond the bouts and drag them over land, a hundred men or more tugging at the ropes of each boat. It is at such times that one gots an inside view of Chinadom. One view is not a cheering one; for along the bank are laid scores of coflins, each with its occupant, victims of the long journey. Passengers in the steamers from San Francisco are accustomed to such sights, but as the said coffins are either air-tight or their inmates have been embalmed, his reflection is solely confined to the'fact that the Chinese have a longing for the mother country equalled by no other people. Here on the banks of the canal itis different, the chief thought being get "betwixt the wind and their nobility" as Soon as possible.
8rd November.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.