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These occupy an ideal site, between the ity wall and the river, a little beyond the Pinghu gate, Sines ancient tines there was to be found there a large, ro-my piece of level ground, well raised above ordinary floods—B2 feet above zero—and beautifully open to A' the airts the wind can blaw."" Po the foreign eye it was a most desirable spot either for residence or business, but till now the Chinese never lid any particular use for it, Formerly all that might he seen there was a few menu houses and shops, with occasionally "military camp 5 and, in hard times, the mat huts of an army of ragged refugees, forming " picture of squalid, helpless wretchuduess in most striking contrast to what may be seen there today. Aa the crow flies, tle Cotton Mills are not much more than a mile distant from, the concession; but that mile is up stream, and the Yangtze has to be crossed in nddition, Thus the time necessary to clu the distance varies from half an hour to two hours or more, according to the direction of the wind and strength of the current, No visitor to HankoWw need renin long in ignorance as to the whereabouts of the Cotton Mills, for their two lofty and most graceful chimneys
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