Yesterday sleet began to fall followed by snow. This sort of thing continued intermittent)
ing the night, and the land Scape is now covered with a light powdering of snow, while garden paths and long lights of steps down Each day this last week the therthe, river rove to be slippery. linometer' has "dropped a. degree 30, and the Chinese have' been predicting snow.
We are hoping that, the river vel om rise van th enger ships. ma; Ghangsha. So" a ness men are due for transfer or leave before the end of March.
The change in the hours of rival of traing from Hankow is exceedingly awkward for us. To catch the 7 ium. train and to cross the river in the dark on a cold winter's morning or to do the same on arrival about midnight is pleasant.
M, Caffarena, Com wife'and daughter already' gone on. transfer to. Yunnanfu, Mr. Heinrichsohn of Defag and Mrs. Heinrichsohn expect to leave for Tientsin to-morrow By. the. beginning of April there.yill only be 2 handful of our old friends, who have been two and even three years together in this port, HALS. Sandpiper will be here another couple of months and still Play soccer and hockey matches Whenever occasion presents itself Other outdoor games ceased automatically as "the. thermometer Groped. But we still meet every Thursday at the Custom House, by the kind invitation of Mrs, Wildinj
mah-joni the tes hour "for bridge 'A water-level reporting service was proposed by Mr. Brandi which received' valuable assistance fro Yangtze River Commission and service. Such a revolt
help in the past year. This report has already rendered service is not yet complete and mus be 4 according to Mr. pened by Mr. Brandi who said that A. predicting-service is also sug-
reports of water-level right time, the water-level for down:
tions. could be predicted. (Such a prediction ig very" valuable for navigators in order to know the adimissibfe draught of ships,
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