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for pleasant dreams. We called him on 

 deck, compelled him to disrobe, and made 

 him jump overboard where the water was 

 waist deep and as cold as a January night 

 could make it. Nor was he allowed to be 

 idle. We made him put his shoulder 

 against the boat and kept him exercised at 

 his work for a quarter of an hour. But he 

 had run her so high up on the sand bar that 

 it was then impossible to remove her and 

 we waited until the following morning 

 when we succeeded in getting off. When 

 the loadah came on board from his cold 

 bath he poured hot water over his feet and 

 legs, wiped the water off with a rag, lit his 

 opium pipe again and in an hour was sound 

 asleep. But I do not think he will ever 

 again land his boat on a sand bar when there 

 are foreigners on board. The following day 

 he was quite obedient and willing. In this 

 connection I recall another instance when a 

 little force proved beneficial, but it took 

 place when the boat was some distance up 

 the river and before we started back to 

 Hangchow. We had been noticing that the 

 loadah, who was an inveterate opium smo- 

 ker, was under the influence of one who 

 turned out to be his brother, but who exer- 



