A word before I close regarding arriving in Harbin. When the train draws up along the platform, railway porters invade all carriages. Let one of them take your traps, but make a mental note of the number on the brass dise he has pinned to his white apron, then make straight for the waiting rooms to find the hotel runner of whatever hotel you elect to stay at. Tell this man the number of packages youth ave and the number of your porter and get him to tell a drosky driver where to take you. Don't worry about the runner, porter or your baggage. Both men are under guarantee and won't disappear. The runner will pay the porter, and you the runner, when he hands you Kings at the hotel. AM is very easy and simple when you know how, OUR HARBIN LETTER,
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