They also have some weird supers-titiens and will not, for -instanco, have anything to do' with the hiandling of a log until after it has-been oiled. This consists of boring a whole into end of the log, which is then filled with oil and allowed to stand until the oil has dried out. Whether or not this operation actually decreases the weight of the log as it is supposed to do T could, not learn, but the fact remains that no lumber coolie in Fukien will touch it until the performance has been gone through with, and much valuable time is thereby lost.
We were obliged to remain for 16 days in Foochow, waiting for the sun to shine, before we could secure the first 1,800 feet of our pictures, ut on January 2, despairing of seeing any more of the sun, we packed up our effects and boarded a launch, for the Futsing district which will
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