The Chinese administrators of the jex-Concession are unlucky. They have only just finished repairing the Bund footpath by raising it to its ial level. It is true that for purpose, instead of the lof the old days of British admini tion, they used river mud taken from the "recently exposed foreshore, that the footpath is a quagmire in wet weather, but still the intention was good. And who would have thought thatthe militarists of the 6th and 7th Armies would bring all their numerous ponies and ride them up and down the repaired side paths, thus spoiling the good work? And the pig-headed foreigners still refness to pay taxes for the services they do not get! Truly it is a hard life for administrators!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.