Wusih, Aug. 22.
The heat and drought continue unabated, except that the nights are a little cooler.
The mulberry groves which used to form such a conspicuous feature of the landscape, are much Tess in number, owing to the prolonged and Increased slump in the silk market. Many of these roves have been transformed into rice fields.
In going through the country. the elds look remarkably green, when one considers. the terrible drought, This greenness is, of course, due to irrigation. The country canals, though low, have sufficient water for irrigation, which in. these days. is accomplished very largely by motor Pumps installed on boats, the owners of which make yearly contracts to keep the farms irrigated. interesting changes absence, is the wide which has taken the. place of the former narrow street running from north to south through. the Jeity, parahed with the main busin street. This road is barely completed and the number of shops already open on ft points to its eventually becoming an important shopping. centre for the city.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.