On our way home by house-boat, overtaken by the Sabbath, and custom, waited up forthe day in a quiet bend of the river. Passing boats hailed oar captain, asking if we were anchored on account of the Sabbath, and when answered in the affirmative, one of their boatmen tried to strike up a hymn, imitating the foreigners voice, but he apparently could not recall any more than the two characters. "Yié-ssu" (Jesus).
At different times, corpses were noticed flouting past us on the river, and yet for drinking purposes, we prefer to use river, rather than well water. Wells are 80 lia to contamination from cesspools, dirty buckets, and the like, as pumps are not used.
While at Changte we received the news-that Mrs, Slimmon was taken down with a sore re attack of dysentery, and that, in the meantime, Dr. had been called to attend her, but on reaching home a week Later, we found Mrs. Slimmon convalescent, Mr. Slimmon has taken hor for a few days change on the river.
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