I hear that the tufei are still seriously menacing Yungcheng, in Honan. The official has already warned me against going there in the autumn, and not to go without first giving him word.
Since coming here I have heard of the kidnapping of 40 Chinese at the funeral of a wealthy man within 10 miles of Feicheng, 90 west of Taian, and that when these places had asked for more protection, the Governor said: "Provide your own men."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.