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(Of. the China Society of Science and Arte Fukien Exploration Party) ashe, sun broke gloriously on the; I stood on a cormer near the end morning of December 22, while a the Bridge of a Thousand Ages group of Europeans stood in' the 3 it occurred to me that, were dow of the little coasting vessel is in any western city, five or six Fukuken Maru gating ahead at the Gghts would start in as many mi approaching anchorage of Pagoda utes; but the Chinese coolie appar-the mouth of the River, lently does not mind being jostled as Nearer and nearer we came until, he staggers along with the impos-under the heights on which the/sible burden, chanting his heart-pagoda stands, the rattling of the touching song to lighten the weight, Anchor chain proclaimed. the fact and seems intent only on getting his Famors Broouist Tenete 1x THE Hitts wean Fooctow—Ezploration in Fukien that we had arrived at our desti-goods to market at the earliest pos-nation, Nat quite, however, for the! sible moment. For these people are anchorage is but a preliminary port a race of shufffers.
They shuffle) between the city on the south bank'we have occasion to eross over to and nor: h-Nantai, and, as there are|the south bank we prefer to take where the ships berth and we had themselves into difficulties and still to make the trip up the river to shuffle themselves out again, or into many thousands' of inhabitants ona native boat to the customs jetty. the larger ety above. But already others, still more difficult. both banks of the river, it may well, There are dozens of these on both the decks were alive with coolies others all mare dificult. They te taagined Uae We fea very busy bani of the river and tele owners
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