H. M. 8. Nightingale managed to asrigate the shallow patches of the river that ow cat os off from foreign communication with the Yang-and cast anchor here ea Wednesday last, December 15. The captain hod an interview with the Governor ca Friday. We who live here shall sot be sorry if the water cats the little gunboat off from the Yangtze and adds some twenty to our small com-inanity for the winter weeks, Thoogh 20 snow has fallen, it has been very cold for some days, and the river is very low.
Railway embankments being poched on outside the city walls; and slong stretch of banding is being made on the river bank below (i.e. to the north of) the city.
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