The Yoat was a small junk, and carried two other passengers in the! form of Chinese merchants proceeding to Hankow and no further adventures were met with until within short distance of the Standard Oil o's installation. Here the junkman was met by a boatman com which upset their original plans such an extent that their man told them it would be impossible for him to take them to the installation as he had promised, but that he would take them up a creek which would land them at Shenkiaki and this was accordingly done.
The party disembarked and proceeded to' walk along the railway] Tine, and here for the first time Mrs.
Cochin states that she felt frightened. After walking for a short distance among the troops congregated there, she felt so-disturbed by their appearance that she decided to walk back and make for the installation, which she according did and the whole party arrived about 3
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