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cake, we intimated that our expenses had 

 been larger than was expected and that onr 

 silver was exhausted, though we had some 

 paper money on a Shanghai bank. He 

 directed one of his clerks to exchange the 

 paper money for the amount we wanted in 

 silver, and this was done. Before leaving 

 this courteous gentleman and his interest- 

 ing son, one of my friends took their 

 photographs, as they stood together in the 

 door of a small pavilion in the yard of the 

 Yamen. All the Chinese officials I ever 

 met, under similar circumstances, have been 

 obliging, but the magistrate of the city of 

 Nitze-fu won our respect by his dignified 

 bearing, and our gratitude and friendship 

 by the pleasing manner in which he 

 relieved our distress and wants. Soon after 

 returning to the boat, the new crew came 

 on board and we spent the remainder of 

 the day in shooting on both sides of the 

 river, but with little success. It was now 

 the 17th., and we must soon return. The 

 boat was moved about four miles above the 

 city, when navigation became very difficult 

 on account of the low water and sand bars. 

 The cover at this point was good, but there 

 were many native sportsmen who supplied 



