to preserve our baggage from being seized by coolies and carried off without our consent. This although military Russians, Americans, Japanese, Germans, in fact every nationality but our own, were much in evidence and might at least have detailed a small detachment to preserve elementary order for passengers landing. Our own (English) troops are stationed a turtler up the river and therefore oblivious the troubles of their nationals it lway we found CHARGE OF RUSSIANS, the papers stated that the British Lion had made enough roar to frighten the Russian Bear off. Not only was the railway in Russian occupation, but we were charged (two foreigners and four Chinese) nearly five dollars for passage to Tientsin. The carriages were dirty, and showed si of having been through the siege, as abele through which a shell had passed was still unmended in one corner of the compartment. On the line were stationed, at intervals, Russian and German soldiers. Villages on both sides of the line had been totally or partially destroyed, mostly of deliberate purpose by foreign troops to prevent shelter to the Boxers. On the side of the line near Tientsin was a large American traction engine for goods traffic almost completely riddled with shot and shell, a relic of the recent fighting. Another interesting relic was afield gun, which had been used by Boxers, lying dismantled just inside Sankolinsin's wall, erected in the sixties to keep out the allied forces, and lately used as a defence for Tientsin against the Boxers. The Tientsin railway station is now rebuilt, but all that side of the river for two miles is
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