in the whirlpool, but only two of the deck bands out' of a numerous crew were saved. Our own boat broke its when being hauled up on the north bank—fortunately without any more serious consequence than a loss of time. Wrecks were very numerant all the way up—not lea than 40 big junks bad come to grief, and their cargoes, chiefly cotton, wool, or yarn, were seen on the bank spread out to be dried. Wrecks, however, are not confined to carzoboats. Within a couple of hundred fi from
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