learned gentlemen a chance to write up hopelessly incorrect theories upon them. Shanghai has one such in "Pont St. Catherine." In December, 1850, somebody was inquiring of the *Herald." *Why the St. seeing that the lady is still a resident on earth and in a moderate state of healthfulness A sister of Sir Harry Parkes, who came was necessary to depose the Tartar dynasty for their corruption and malpractices The Imperial House could not have been much worse than the mafoos, unless the latter were a great deal more honest than those of today, cne of whom presented his employer with a bill:—"To clean pony's tecth-
The Late Mr. Henry Morriss our first issue shows 13 vessels in port and at Woosung, of a total capacity of 5,417 tons. Many of the ships of today in har-hour will beat that by themselves and even the great C.P.R. mail steamers now come right up {o the Hongkew and Pootung wharves. The Sea Witch, one of the superb tea clippers of those days, just at that time had the whole waterfront agog because she had broken the record for a journey from Home in 98 days. Taking in the fine sweep of The Bund of today it is hard to realize that then it was a little lane so crowded that frequently coolies were kicked.to death by led ponies. We Britons may be slow in business, and we may still insist upon doing much with our heads and our hands that others do with machines. However, one can turn back to the earliest hong list and read of Jardine, Matheson & Ca., Gibb, Livingston; Holliday, Wise; O. Sassoon, Sons & Ca., to mention but a few. Need there be further comment in 1939?
We who have been through the world's greatest war find it difficult to realize that the Second Empire had not then been founded, that Italy and Germany were but "geographical expressions," that the Americans had not fought their Civil War, that Japan was hidden away behind a veil of feudal barbarism and that the cable from Dover to Calais was the wonder. of the age.
Place names in any country not infrequently become distorted and so continue through generations, eventually to give out to stay with Dr. Gutzlaff, a connection by marriage. was the first foreign lady to land in Shanghai. Her Christian name was Catherine, she married Dr. Lockhart and they lived near the bridge over the Siccawei Creek leading to the Arsenal. The bridge came to be known as "Catherine's Bridge" and then the "St." was added to it without anyone quite understanding why, but Shanghai gladly stuck to the title, for all knew Mrs. Lockhart as "the Mother of Shanghai" and there were many saintly works done at Dr. Lo "s hospital.
The fifties were stirring times and the story of the Taipings and how their rebellion led to the formation of the S.V.C. has been told in many occasions. Perhaps there are not many who have heard that
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