in fact, the people of Foochow and vicinity have always behaved unusually well during times of war. The other day an honoured and venerable "American missionary spoke of the remarkable tran-Suring the wars of the last forty-five uillity that has pervaded all classes here years, whether the actual hostilities took place at Canton, Tientsin, Peking, of elsewhere. The writer remembers that the same phenomenon occurred during the French invasion in the summer of 1884, and the recent ChinoJapaneso War. When the French men-of-war ascended the Min sixteen years ago, the writer was at Sharp Peak Island, a' summer resort near the mouth of the river, about thirty miles below Foochow. More than one of the Sharp Peak villagers asked, "Do you think the French will attack Foochow adding such remarks as: "I hope they will, the Foochow people are so mean." All this shows the quality of the patriotism that doubtless pervades every part of the Empire. However, this state of things is safer than it otherwise would be for foreigners to dwell in the Middle Kingdom. Whether the present period will prove an exception to this rule remains to seen.
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