This year a similar event transpired with slight variations. 'The boat was detained and the native teacher with the Taotai's pass and the fore ign card to enquire into the niatter, but he was told that they did not tax the coal, el, ne, they only taxed the boat, verifying' the hamel adage, that there are more ways of killing x dog than by ramming butter down its throat. Two days passed and a despatch was sent, but its working power had lost its effect since the Ist time, fur the buat was detained seven or eight days.
Reault; boatman and four assistants make claims for delays, etc., etc., and all lave a riot, only checked' by the foreigners submitting to the boatman's squeeze. Observe another "cause of riots"" not put dows.
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