Atter eighteen months refugee-ing wwe are once more home at Suchien. The journey up the Canal was the pleasantest your correspondent has had for many years, reminding-one that the Chinese in the country, have, og @ whole, very little ani-mossily towards foreigners." We fortunately met with no mishaps, though just the day after we left the locks a large boat was held up by the brigands, It was laden with cotton thread for weaving, and, re-'Port has it, not only was the thread taken, but the boat was Through the kindness of one of cour Mission, who has spent his summer up here, we were saved the sight of our homes as they were left by the soldiers. The walla had' been all scraped and whitewashed, the floors planed, and newly oiled.
will probably be a year or two ere the walls are white again, but judging from the look of one' outhouse, still to clean, the wonder is they are white at all. We have to thank faithful servants for saving anything that has been saved, and sometimes it was a little hard recognized one's own furniture, it was v0 damaged.
ur houses have all been vacated, but at Taingkiangpu soldiers are again occupying every home. Going with a missionary to our house, we were not allowed to enter, and when asked when they were moving, the reply was the third month of next year.
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