During the downfall of the rains the crops and gardens, though submerged stood up bravely, but the havoc done by ensuing sunshine interesting as it was tragic ing the fierce heat of the secur. week of the month vegetation actually cooked After five days of th shine it was impossible to find even traces of a fine crop of eatery was nearly a foot high when th' floods first came. It took only that short time to decompose the soft, tender plants.
Then on August 15 after it had that the floods had worst and were actually we had the record breaking rain of the summer, 20 odd hours of steady downpour that is finishing off as I write.
Lung Hai Still "om The Lung Hai Railway is out of service. As fay as we ca learn there ly a section of about 30 miles that is badly damageil Trains can come to within 10 miles of the Grand Canal from the Lis chow fu end and from this end ca get to Liumachwang. How serious the break is may be judged from th: fact that it is two weeks since even mail could get over the gap, our last (papers from Shanghat bein dated July 31.
These last that no more passes would be issued to foreigners who desired visit Hsuchowfu and Haichow. be to. But I have never heard of passes ever being issued in all the years-I have
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