The Chinese Government is constructing aide bund along the north and east sides of the concession. This street is not a road in the sense of a line of travel connection, places together. It does not even exten tothe Pun gate. It runs along the canal, which is about a hundred feet wide, lying parallel with the south wall of the city. The east side of the concession 1s bounded by the grand canal, which runs almost due south from the south-east end of Soochow. The concession is bounded on its four sides by canals, Those on the west and south are small, and hence it is not so, important to build the road alongside of them, The work of constructing the new road is under the superiutendence of Chinese officers aided by an Englishman, detached from the Chinese Customs service for this purpose,
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