Those of our fellow residents who took advantage of the Chinese holiday to have look at the Hangchow Bore seem on the whole to have had a very enjoyable wip in spite of the weather. At Toast 15 how oats must have been at Haining on Sunday. Those which had launches of their own travelled by Samen and the launches were able to go the whole way. Those which went by train left the rails at Kashing and then went by way of Hazee, where one boat stuck in the well-known narrow bridge for some 15 hours. "The roar of the bore which passed on Friday night about 11.15 was distinctly heard in the creek, but the weather was so bad that no one appears to have hind courage to yo out to see it. Saturday morning was very rainy and dark, but a large number of people mustered on the sea wall, and were repaid by s very good bore, and by good luck the rain ceased and the sun came out for a short time just as the here passed. By Saturday night the weather had much improved. the moon shone brightly and there were few clouds, and the here, which passed a few minutes before midnight, was a very grand spectacle, Sunday's bore, though not more than ten feet high, was' magnificent.—It could he seen and heard for more than half an hour, and the sight of it alone—the bore passed about half past twelve o'clock. Well repaid those visitors who saw it. The bores at the end of October should be good, and intending excursionists, should remember that the bores pass Haining about two hours earlier thin the time of at London Bridge as given. 2's Almanack, 3 that the hest ores are on the days mark asterisk in that table, 1 by the train on reach Haining sone evening if they donot stick in the brie at Hazee.
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