T am now spending the winter in this (Pochou) city, making ready to move my family here nest autumn. This is of considerable commercial Goods are unloaded here, in gr rom Shanghai apitol of Hoi tion up the Kuo River, there It
one other small port about six miles farther wade a devcent upon pirates nest one of the is lo Haimen. She fired a shell and put some 30 or 40 hors de combat. The remainder, about 100 or more, demo fled a and boarding one of craft, got avi (presumably under cover entering the river at Haimen sailed past the Customs and shipping and ascended s miles. On the Ge they eid by the hall-hearted easily repulsed and got a south er the hills towards Hu: yen.
On the following evening ton embarking to descend the was sted by the announcement that no end of lot of soldiers rtly before up. The water way is open all the year also started in the same direction. Abi round, The river is: generally pretty fad of boats, Tt is about 400 miles by water to the boatman followed by a bullet actuss Chinkiang. The two chief exports are raw the bow The ritle was fired from the ides and medical herbs. Raw hides are arrived some worth wt least three times what they were few years ago, and this fact is bringing many of the plain country people to see the benefit of international commerce, for plained ourself they all know that the skins are being ed and the shipped for the foreign trade; and they greatly wonder what the few people out-/ the above narrative. but that the Ind of side their own great centre country can enced the: morth bank do with so many hides. have been asked Both" "they had, it would descended the hills within three a les of many times what uso we make of them.
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