It was just after three wh steamed past _Kiukiang, with {head wind stiffened to a pleasant breeze by the ship's motion, and no one who knows the sweltering heat of the Kiukiang Bund on an August afternoon regretted the merely waved good-by. Long before dark we had passed the Little Orphan and so had been able to make the whole of the really beautiful scenery from the iron works below Huang-shih-kang to the [Little Orphan in felt daylight. JAlthough there was some haze, we were able to get a complete view lof the Lushan, and with glasses could pick out many of the Kuling bungalows. The Big Orphan, some little distance inside the Poyang Lake, with the magnificent Lion Precipice, came out quite well.
We had to anchor, soon after Jdark so that we have hardly made better time than the river steamers. managed to miss Anking and} Wahu, but we had a fine view of Nanking with the afternoon sun full on it. It was dark before we got to Chinkiang and the row of ights had a very pretty effect.
Tt certainly is some advantage to get somewhat settled down before putting out to sea—and, if tone may draw inference from' the Jexasperating state of Shanghai fatter 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, it is a very great advantage to have' no luggage to move in We find the boat very comfort able. Most of the elficers and stewards speak English; all are most courteous and obliging. Of course, there are regulations; but, such as there are, not inconvenient to the individual and to be clear-recognized as needful for the community. The food is abundant, well cooked and in sufficient variety neither to compel this man to have cheese at breakfast, nor that man porridge, though either may have his choice.
We selected the boat because it calls at Naples and to gives us Jo chance of working our way up through Italy, But it certainly Jgives one money's worth for the journey to England: it is more expensive than second class mail, ess than first. have an orchestra of piano, lin and cello to perform during: dinner. On Friday evening we had the overture of "Der Freyschute" followed by a well rendered cello be that of the firm, and sent it across to the Imperial Hotel asking the manager to cash it, on the ground that the banks were closed: Counsel pointed out to the jury the Jartfulness of sending the cheque by the firm's coolie. The hotel mana ger did not know Mr, Mackay, but flashed the cheque, and the money was given by the coolie to, the prisoner, The latter, however; lad stamped the name of the firm after My. Mackay's signature, as though drawing on the firm's account, but the International Express Ca, had no account at the Hongkong Shanghai Bank. "The cheque book, related only to Mr. Mackay's: private account. The irregularity of the signature in this respect facilitated detection of the forgery.
The forgery took place on or about May 1, It was alleged that on May 30 the prisoner obtained five rolls of paper value $160, froma Chinese at Peking, by false representations.
Mr. Alexander Hirsbrumner Mackay stated in evidence that the accused had been employed by the International Express Ca., of which ness was manager. "He knew prisoner before, when he was in the service the Grimes-Mackay Ca. He had a private account only with the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, and. usually kept his cheque book locked up ina steel safe, but on May 1, about the time of the Peking races he rushed away to get to. Peking, and could not remember whether he locked the cheque book in the safe or not. He.missed it on his return, but it had not been seen "Notth-China Sunday Time:
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