I have bad occasion to travel both by the South Mencharia and the Chinese Eastera From the ordinary traveller' view in both there is room for improrement. Not only so, bat the ments are so few and inexpeosire, that were each to adopt the bast already existing in the other, our i Manobaria woald bare li ashamed of.
T soggest that the Japaneee introdoe: longer and wider seats, so that first class and second class passengers may be able to lie down whenever they wish. This would be a very great comfort and is earnestly desired by both Chinese and Earopeans. who all speak highly of the Rassian carriages in this respect.
The Japanese would 10 do well to have better European food more restaurants to supply it at their station, and more important still, to 200 to it that plenty of boiling water is always ready at exch aration, free, or at 'a nominal charge, for passengers wishing to make tea. This is carefully attended to on the Rossiaa section To the Rassians I commend the better lighting, scrupalons cleanliness of the and a more plentiful supply of water for washing in the lavatories, Tu all these matters the Japanese line is superior to the Rossi Ao both Rossians and Japanese I would arge the freer and more frequent use of water and elbow-grease in the lavatories, It is more than useless trasting to strongly smelling antiseptics without thorough and constact serabbing.
If these things were attended to, and they could be attended to very easily. there would be mach lees danger of cholera, plegae, typhoid and other viraleat contagious diseases than there at present,
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