Mr. Chao was now taken to the detention cell, and found himself in surroundings which are almost beyond description. Tt was a room about 50 ft. long, and in it were herded spout 45 men of all sorts and conditions. Some were evident-Ty hardened criminals: there would perhaps be a dozen beggars in their Fithy rags: about a score of the inmates suffered from eye disease: four or five were opium smokers: most seemed to suffer from some skin disease: perhaps half a dozen were educated men of the better The room wa indescribable condi sanitary arrangements—well, it is {impossible to say much about thera: suffice it to say that what served for a latrine was part and parcel of the room. There was a dish for washing in, and one towel for the Jot. Little' wonder that 20 many suffered from eye and skin disease In this den Mr, Chao had to spend the next 24 hours; he was fortunate that it was no longer for one man been there for two months.
In the evening food was brought in, consisting of a couple of bowls of rice and two of vegetables and x pail of tea. Two or three bowls were provided for drinking the tea in, and naturally it was impossible for a man accustomed to the amen! ties of life such as Mr. Chao f, to attempt to use them after they had been in the hands of such a filthy and disease-ridden crew. Neither could he touch the food. So he went, supperless to bed.
Before bed, however, he asked the guard and the man who brought in the" food whether it would be possible toget a message sent to hi family, but was told no. On hearing his request some of the inmates informed him that it could be done if he gave the man two dollars, but had no money in his posses sion this course failed. He asked tone of the guards to go to hi Inwyer with a message and collect the $2 from him, and he promised, but as Mr. Chao subsequently learned, the message was never sent, 'A Night of Horror It was then time to go to bed, and, if day had been hideous in that abode of squalor, night was infinitely worse. The sleeping arrangements were as primitive as everything else in the detention
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