Foochow, Aug. 23.
Unfortunately Foochow's freedom there from cholera did not last. 'Ten or twelve days ago the fell disease broke out with a violence unparalleled during the last ten years least, and the daily death-roll has been' very large ever since. Tt is ity that no reliable statistics are Jobtainable but it is generally believed that from ten to forty are Jdying daily in Foochow alone. And jin the villages round the disease is spreading, the lack of moder medical knowledge helping to incre Jose the number of fatal cases. Anti-cholera inoculation is bei comprising the people most exposed fo'infection, who do not understand the value of such precautions. The weather tends to become cooler, and Jone hopes that" the epidemic "will soon exhaust itself, but. for the Ipresent it forms. the chief subject conversation and fies like a dark shadow over the whole neighbour: hood 'A large number of the sampan population of Foochow, about 3,000 Intact, are. in great' distress because the building of jetties near the Long Bridge now enable passengers to disembark {rom the river steam: lors without having to use the small ferry boats. Te ie 8 ch lone Tan's meat being another man ofsont th ofthe passengers is offset by the loss of the ferry men. They have presented thole grievance tothe authorities, who ave naturally tried to. put them off with evasive replies, and publica the: hope of redyer But public tu of redress. But what can be done for them? We are Beginning. to. see, the end of the amban even in old-fashioned. Fo0- chow, Aug. 27.
Cholera, typhoon, flood—this brief- K describes the history of Foochow for the last few weeks. On Wednesday, August 24, the barometer began to fait rapidly, and between the evening of the 24th and noon fon the 25th it fell at least four-tenths of an inch. The wind increased in intensity.and veered round from north to north-west and to west with the result that iderable damage was done to ules house property. ing strong. during the night—of was still blow Thursday, August 25, although the barometer had recovered most of
day it was blowing stra the ground It had lost, feast and southeast. Sin.|rain has been incessant, part of the Foochow pli to quite a depth. No doubt the [water will continue to rise, as there must have been a heavy rainfall It is to be hoped that in, and cooler air effectually drive away the la remnant of cholera.
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