Both the gunboats made exceedingly good trips to Luchou and Suifu from here. Suifu is 250 miles higher up the river. The Woodcock did the trip in 4 days, spending one day at Luchou, and did the return journey in 17 steaming hours. The Woodlark only went as far as Luchou, a distance of 152 miles, but she came back in remarkably quick time. Leaving Luchow at 5 a.m. she an in Chungking at 5 p.m., stopping one hour en route. This performance quite took the natives aback, They are used to spending about 3 days on that trip at this time of year.
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