Asked by one correspondent whether he was seasick on way up the from Hongkong, as the weather was reported to be bad during the pas few days, Sir Archibald said. "I ico proud to be seasick. The Falmouth is a small ship, and twice she had to stop on the way up. The last two days of the trip were delightful, and the sea was beautifully calm."
Sir Archibald mentioned that he had seen Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen in London, and had had dinner with him one night Hughe's health was almost normal once again, and after a rest he expected to take up a new position later'in the year. Sir Archibald said that he had never been east of Persia before, but had held positions in practically every other part of the world. His first impressions of Shanghai were the realization of what he had pictured Shanghai to be like. "Shanghai, declared Sir Archibald, s rather like Monte Carlo, in that it looks exactly as it is depicted in the posters."
I am afraid you must think me other dull," Sir Archibald concluded "but you must remember that I am paid to be dull."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.