'The American gunboat continues to Jshow moving pictures for the entertainment of the residents each Friday night, and we all very. gratefully avail' ourselves of the privilege. The [Saturday tifin parties given by the lameers of the British gunboat are also very popular, and there is always a large turnout of residents of all nationalities to enjoy the hospital ity extended.
All the residents who can do. s0, jate living on the hills in their bungalows, and are likely to stay there till the heat has abated. Those who have tennis courts have pleasant Jgatherings in the way of tennis parties, where the less fortunate manage to get in a bit of exercise.
So far as we have heard, there has [been no serious outbreak of sickness amongst the population, such as {follows a long dry spell. " But there has been quite a large casualty list amongst the poorer classes and pesgars, from the effects of the heat. The callousness of the average Chinese regarding the sufferings of their less fortunate fellows is shown in the way in which poor people, Jobviously suffering from serious illness, are left to die on the streets, without anyone offering assistance of any kind. We presume this must Ibe due to the fact that if assistance fs given and the sufferer should die, relatives are sure to turn up to Jaccuse the Good Samaritan of causing the death. Therefore, Chinese, knowing their own people so well, Teave matters to take their own course, and life saving acts to the relatives of those concerned.
The foreign residents of Chungking have been very much troubled {this summer by robberies, several [houses having been broken into, and jin more than one instance the thief has returned fo the same house where a previous attempt at burglary has been frustrated.
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