Now the tobacco is ready for the month-long journey to Kalgan, and on to Peking. All the raftsman are Moslems—no Chinese seems to have the adventurous spirit that dares to brave the perils of the river. But many: Chinese go as passengers, ¢specially since the Shensi_ troubles began. There are many other types of raft, but no other tobacco rafts than these. For comfort, quickness, cleanliness, commend me to a tobacco raft to reach the coast from Lanchow.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.