While Yochow is a strategic city, in some respect, its population and business amount to but little whea compared with some other cities in Hunan.
One reason for this is the lack of suitable and sufficient anchorage along the "lake front" for native boats. Many are compelled to~anchor some six li south of Yochow in an inlet of the Lake.
This has caused the business of the city to he transacted outside the south gate.
Tt is in this locality that the L.MLS. and Reformed Presbyterians have planted their work.
The former have now opened their hospital and they have a choice piece of high ground on which to erect a foreign building later on.
The L.M.S, had the privilege of gettin the first deed to property in this place. member of the Alliance Mission has The atrocities of Inst July and the partial punishment for these, are now known among the officials and many of the people throughout Hunan.
The people of this prefecture will "ent bitterness" for years to come on account of their wickedness of last summer.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.