Swire are running a steamer once a week to Tangchiakou, the native port at the mouth of the canal running up to Chinan. An excellent feature of the run is that the steamer not only runs in over the bar, but up the river to the town, so that freight can be transferred direct from the steamer to native boats, without being subjected to the long and tedious trip of ten miles from the bar to the town in cargo boats or junks, an experience which the writer has had on every previous trip.
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