is going on apace and will soon be finished. There are two French doctors here lent by their Government to the Roman Catholic mission, whether for the furtherance of French influence or for the bodily and epiritual welfare of the Szechuan people has not transpired, but being military doctors no doubt the former is as much thought of ax the latter. It would be interesting to read Lord Salisbury's answer to a petition from English missionaries praying for a supply of Army doctors to administer to the bodily needs of the Chinese in the interest of the missions!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.