"The river has fallen considerably during the last two weeks, and steamers are begi ning to experience difficulties on the Shasi fiats, and at Sunday Island, where the channels are always shifting and uncertain when the water is at certain heights. Anew danger has also beset our much-tried upper river captains, for since they refuse to run down old junks for the benefit of designing owners, the junks have started to run the steamers down. At least such appears to have been the case the other day, when the skipper of @ native craft after trying his level best to be run down and finding the captain of the steamer refused to do it, deliberately put her helm down, went round, and made straight for the bows of the steamer, which had stopped, and was lying perfectly motionless on the water, unable to determine what next this erratic native skipper intended to do. Result; native craft got under steamer's bow and her mast catching the anchor she was shoved over on her beam ends, The crew were rescued and the steamer captain offered to right the junk again, but they would not hear of it; whether from the cause that they
gifts," or because they hoped to lodge a **feared the Greeks even when Lost bring claim and secure a bigger indemnity is not known. The weather is bright and crisp and the river still falling.
'14th November.
JAPAN,
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