A Chinese gentleman who has been acquainted with foreigners some ten or twelve years was lately asked, why in his opinion typhus fever is more fatal to foreigners than to natives in China. He replied that he considered it was because foreigners are not accustomed to the noxious odors which they find everywhere prevalent in Chinese cities. It is certainly marvellous the Chinese can endure in that line. Generally, too, the outer court of the wtmén is the filthiest place in the city, as it is also the place where the rabble congregate. Tt is not uncommon to see large piles of manure left during the whole summer on the main streets in some of the largest cities in the province, often within. few yards of where the great man' luxuriates on his dainties.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.