1 68 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



to my bunk for a nap. I had not been long 

 asleep before I experienced that the boat 

 was either sailing unusually smooth or had 

 stopped. I immediately got up to learn 

 that both of my friends had agreed with 

 the loadah that the wind was blowing too 

 hard and that it was prudent to anchor. I 

 went on deck ; the moon was riding in a 

 clear sky and her silvery light brightened 

 almost with the brightness of day the water 

 and the land about. There was a delight- 

 ful breeze and I directed that the anchor 

 be pulled aboard and that the sail be thrown 

 to the wind, and soon we knew that the 

 boat was capable of bearing her canvass and 

 was moving ahead at the rate of five miles 

 per hour. When time was so essential, 

 we had lost several hours by the laziness 

 of the loadah and the fear of my friends of 

 a bath in the river on a January night. I 

 pointed them to the example of the bee and 

 the honeysuckle and advised them to study 

 the way of the ant, tried to impress upon 

 them that courage and perseverance were 

 the virtues that won success on every arena 

 of life. At no other time of the trip did I 

 find them afraid of the wind or of a bath 

 which we all very much needed. In this 



