Journey from Chungking to Hochow: The Factory Chimneys of Far Szechuan From Ovr Mienchow Correspondent, Chungking, Des. 31. from ing, We di On ", beautifal dog, we started get far, but stayed at a place 16 up the' river called Hsiangkuchs Here is a likin station, several men came on board had along harpoon which he poked remorselessly. into bundles Gf medicine. The captain's wife who, as usual, takes a prominent pazt in the proosodings says they ave had: to pay $6 Th [argo stile factory to a rook. above almost at right angles to the bridge. But thes" ropes complicated the situation. every boat that went through had to pass under them with lowered mast; and with the larger boats it was a most difficult task; th boats stretched the ropes to their utmost and could only be got through by a series of frantic clutches moving the ropes onward as, the boat passed under.
Several soldiers were moving amongst the boats trying to enforce an order of procedure from their point of view: while every boat endeavoured to be first in the rush to get through. Every now and then a huge.soldier who was doing damage with his stick would fall upon some' unfortunate. One boatman with a hair lip who looked a deplorable semi-human specimen tried. to get through ahead of his turn, the soldier dropped on him and this place, built apparently with oth pain, and Tay There is a im ti inthe bottom minny modern conveniences, A) of hig boat. In another boat a large. steam pump was busy! respectably dressed man was ly-pumping water. up from the} ing on some goods rubbing other work is, going on in o00- oq ¢ de so hurt that he could not river.
Stone-quarrying and knee, which, groaning, he declar-Roxion with. the erection of an- 04,00 % so hurt that he could net other factory. boat passed through he wa:
Thoro are many indications} sit) rubbing and greaving. long our route that the new i Hostrlat abir breading: pp
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