The majority of foreign residents in Nanking, as well as most foreigners who have lived here, express a very decided preference for this town as a place of Tesidence. And yet outside of the changes which take place in those who come and go, very little is "going on."
the midst of the river, off from the steamer landing, gunboats of different nationalities are constantly lying. It has been suggested that these gunboats are put here to watch each other as much 1s to watch the Chinese.
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