At Shasi the watermark was 3.6 fects having fallen. two points day' In August 1031, according the marking on." the stone base of the Customs. flagetatt, the water attained 35.3 feet. walk up to the main road of "the riner town, past the big. press pac! ing. plant, was rewarded by a most interesting sight, hidden by" clarke ness on the Previous visit. Freeping scheme of re-construston tpparentiy in progress here. Whole rows. of shops and houses thod disappeared behind. a. bristling forest of scaffolding. Mounds rabble and dismantled material lay!
of buildings in "course of demolition, while "next to them Stood re-constructed premises nearly complete. Littered with broken ies and stone, the further eu of road Jooked "like a wartime Flanders town after, bombardment, Jand from the. waterfront an army coalies, shod with big " wooden clogs, caryled stout tree-trunks. tone' corner all that was left of an fold house was a fine life-size paint fed figure of saint or sage, ite fowing beard ruffed by the find amid a setting of waked walls fand beams Laid low
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