Thave lately returned from a. visit to your part of the world and think he) that you may be interested in the following notes on the present condition of the Pekig-Haokow railway. I was particularly strack with the evidence of deterioration and mismanagement, We experienced one stoppage on account of the rails having been stolen (aic); we were farther delayed by " horst pipe on an engine; and the, mélce at Chengehoa where four trains met and each train supplied s crowd of passengers endeavouring to book an well as hold on to their belongings, amidst the obstruction of officials, loiterers, coolies, etc., wis a thing never to be forgotten.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.