This is the season when the Lastiang the Barbadoes millet, is at its height and Urigundage is rife. "One criminal stands choking in a cage at the yamen door, and robbers are busy not a /i away al the other side of the town. There can be no travel in
Byen one's person is no longer safe. A youn; the country roads sxemt for the very poor. man 22 years' old has just been capt and held for " large ransom. The other night it was reported that one of the larger money shops was to be robbed and several hundred soldiers kept cuard all night. There have been three robberies in town in ten days, so the danger was more than nominal.
But let us.not be too severe in our strict tures on the Government. Let him that is disposed to criticise look to English history for the definition of " villain."
Hsiich'ien, 19th July.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.