I witnessed a tragedy at Chinghai on Friday which served to show me now decisively and nobly thi Chinese can act in a grave emergency. A very large Junk was passing down the river, got into contact with two ferry boats, capsized them throwing their living freight into the water. Immediately several boats put, out. and covered the spot where the victims were fikely to rise. Eight persons were in the water, and one by one they were rescued. Across the [river on the other side we could see them being carried to the neighbouring: cottages for shelter and to have their wants attended to. Prosently 'a boatman passed under the boughs of our steamer, He carried a man lying in the bottom of his boat with hhis stomach across a chunk of wood vomiting violently. But his clothes were apparently dry. As soon they neared the shore, the boatman sprang to a near rock and ran_ up the street in great haste. Soon was back again with an arm full of dry clothes. He stripped the sick man and it was seen at once by the dripping clothes that there ould be no doubt that he had been {in the water. He pulled off the wet garments with little regard to.keeping them whole and threw them awny with apparent disgust, rubbed the body with great friction and reclothed him in the dry comfort-" able garments, The whole thing was dene with such precision, so graciously, the great crowd of onlookers vent to their admiration for deed in rounds of applaiiee: Tt,
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