But we did find things new. It was a new experience to get down to an inn night and not have all the boys for miles around gathered at the door. It was something different to have officials send food for the dinner of the ' stranger from afar.' There was on the main line of travel a certain something about the manner of these Chinese who were met, which seemed to say, " better keep away from the foreigner." Just as in Tientsin it is noticeable how much the manners of the coolies have improved under the training given them by the Allied soldiers during the past year and a half, so it was seen in the country travelled by different armies that there had been developed " somethin akin to respect for the outside"barbarian."
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