In contrast to the aggressive spirit of the foreigner that attempts the all but impossible is the slothfal spirit of the Chinese, lustrated by the small concera they tal in removing the obstructions the result of a landslide forming the New Rapid. Last fall the Customs surveyors sturted the task but owing to the many obstructions placed in their way, little could be done, and the work was postponed until this fall. Now the time is abiiost passed and nothing is being done, which means another year's delay. Life and property sre constantly being risked but nobody seems to turn a hand to better matters,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.