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China was entered at Shant^hai, a large comparatively modern city, 

 much under the influence of foreigners. Here is the only American 

 post office outside of the United States or its possessions. Mail can 

 be sent from here under frank or with United States postage stamps. 

 The two other places visited in central China were Nanking and 

 Kuling. At the former city is the University of Nanking, a flourish- 

 ing missionary institution, which extended many courtesies to Doctor 



¥u;. 36. — A street scene in Shangliai. 



Hitchcock. Nanking is a thoroughly Chinese citv showing little 

 foreign influence. Like most Chinese cities it is surrounded ]\v a 

 high wall, this one being 32 miles in length and 30 to 50 feet high. 

 Kuling is a resort on a mountain south of the treaty port Kiu Kiang, 

 where the missionaries and other foreigners of central China con- 

 gregate during the summer. 



During the visit of Doctor Hitchcock the Yangtse River was in 

 flood and the rice fields of the valley were covered with water. The 

 unfortunate peasants were in the water up to their w^aists or even 

 to their shoulders cutting the rice and placing it in small circular 



