Woosung Sentry Who All But ired Foreigners are advised not to loiter inthe vicinity of Woosune Forts, On Thursday eveing the news wax brought to Shanghai that a member of the Whangpoo Con yervaney Board had a lucky escape from being fired on by a El surveying junks. The junk had Just come to near the bunding between the Forts and Belle Vue Hotels to enable the foreigner and, when the sentry challenged the laodah. On learning that he could not lind, or proceed further down the foreigner decided put off in a small bout belonging to the port authorities. On seeing this, the sentry charged the ma-azine of his rifle, but was mereifully prevented from firing by the volubility of one of the junk's crew It was soon realized that to land would be to court disaster. Though the tide was running, out, a favourable wind enabled" the vessel return safely up river out of harm's way.
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