About 60 miles from this city the Han River has a bad name, and not without reason, for the people on both banks of the river ate ever ready to rob a solitary boat. Your correspondent was travelling up the Han in that particular region, and one day, before his eyes, a boat was held up. The villagers swooped down upon the boat, and were soon busy rifling the cargo. As it andas soon as the trackers, saw what was happened, quite a fleet of boats came up, going on, they dropped their lines, and with cries of "drown the robbers," " put their eyes out," made a rush upon them. For a minute it looked as if there would be a big row, but the pirates lof: their plunder and disappeared inland. Of course the trackers dare not follow them, for the whole neighbourhood harbours these nests of pirates.
Lawlessness on Land, About 15 miles from the city there is a small town, and ths keeper of an eating house on the street was a notorious har-hourer of thieves and a receiver of stolen property. He had a quarrel with the leader of a robber band, about some money due, and one night his she was broken' into, the man was bound, carried off, and killed. It is reported that the robbers cut the body into eight pieces. The country magistrate refused to investi. gate the case, saying that the receiver of stolen goods deserved to die.
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