By dinner hour we were in perfectly calm waters, but during the night the storm overtook us and when we reached Chinkiang at am, Saturday morning they had anchor amid stream as: it was unsafe to attempt discharging argo in such a storm of wind and rain, The waves were dashing high along the Bund and over the wharves, like a storm at sea, One saw the" Yangtze entirely new character, A' waste of angry waters and not contra the usual clamour Chinese craft in sight
that attends the arrival of up and down steamers.
We waited for eight hours and finally left without unloading. This meant an early morning arrival in Wahu, but thanks (o ready help on the steamer and friendly he fon Messrs. Jaidity. Matheson's hulk, we found ourselves speedily transferred without any unto want incident.
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