the boat, the "Rest me people call it the It is not a very comfortable place. So built that faces all the afternoon sun, carefully screened from all breezes that blow on the Kiukiang, bund, the building seems specially ind the Kuling: kers of what they have been missing during the months of July and August. After sunset the mosquitoes become—unbearable, and if one has to wait for steamer, it is better to pick up the light luggage and take re-fage on a seat on the bund, or on a bulk, Sooner or Inter, the steamer arrives with all its modern conveniences, and one is glad to get on board and enjoy the comforts of Western civilization, forgetting all about the perils' and anxiety of the road, the shouting coolies, the flies and the heat.
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