Coming here to reside in the autumn of i901, T jufarmed that the Catholi Church in Hanchuan was exceedingly and that a great function was the day that I arrived: who had succeedes wtowho refused te tow the Hill te he sold 16 the C:
rat very day sere clan fight which had recently "This indicated a wow order of ugo of mandarins had, in conjunction vith other events, brought about a eof sentiments, T have not heard, however, of any protest bein the unpateiotie conduct of who bestowed ste Kk of representatives of a foreign rel The Miltons of Hanchuan seem 10 be in an exceedingly mute and Inglorious condition at present, A short time ago I vistod the town of Hsientaochen, 120 miles up the Han River, the present limit of steam navigation, at Toast as far ae the small passenger imnehes running on the Han are concerned. The river han, a short heins to get tion is difficult, especially led Miaotou, where the st yzround. At this place the curren!
runs swift, but it does not seem to have scoured 0 a deep charnel. During the present ar the steamers have been running fair) regularly, there bei busines in ti line during the of the year, 0 Prefectuiral ni place in Wuchanz {he latter part. of the year regular service has also been kept the boat at present running is owned ly Chingse, and does very well. If some could put at flat-bottomed, light-draft beaten the Han, not drawing more than two feet of water, there would in course of time chance of 2 good Insiness being developed, Hsientaochen is a good centre for tide, amd is also near several of the inland main waterways that are highways of large boat tref At Hsientaochen.
On my. visit, to Heientaochen I was informed that a few days before, two Catholic priests posing through the town had been reviled by some children there. They went the official and insisted ea the parents of the children offending making an apo'or: and were so resolute in their demand the apology had to be made; aud the off was 89 afraid of future trouble that he sent round the town crier, ordering the people on no account to allow their children to revile foreigners again. I reaped the benefit of this, as there was no open abuse of ind, although T expect that "remarks cursory nature" were indulged in on the quiet.
is great pity that the children in most Chinese towns are taught to revile the foreigners, a pity indeed for the children's sake. The foreigner is held over them io terror as a "bogey man" of the worst. p sible deseriptic "TU give you to th foreigner and he With you." is children in this part, most! but it nevertheless frightens the children terribly. This i ponsible talk is very bad and does a lot of }iarm, Many of the evil rumours set foot by unprincipled men are chiefly pro-parated by foolish persons, who like the sound of their own voices, and as long.as they are saving something, are not very particular what they say. If this bad talking could be stopped the country would have a better chance of peace and quiet. th December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.