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glad to hear about Bishop Biet. Mr. Cockburn, the 

 British Eesident, very kindly asked me to stay at his 

 house, and I gladly accepted his hospitality. He lives 

 on high ground at some distance from the river, in a good 

 Chinese house, which he has made very comfortable. It 

 is situated in the middle of the city, but has a fine open 

 compound where there is plenty of fresh air ; a matter 

 of considerable importance where the climate generally 

 is close and damp. It is, however, not a convenient 

 place for taking exercise from, as if the road is taken 

 inland nearly half the day is spent in getting out of 

 the town and its suburbs, the same objection holding- 

 good if the river is crossed. I was informed that in 

 1880 no less than 150,000,000 lb. of cotton passed 

 the town, having come up from Hankow for sale in 

 Western China. There is a large archery ground in 

 the western part of the city situated on high land, and 

 from which a splendid view of the city is obtained. I 

 much regretted that when I was there I had not taken 

 my camera, for though the weather was dull I should 

 have much liked to have had two or three negatives. 

 After having said good-bye to all my friends, among 

 whom I should mention Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, mission- 

 aries, I left on September 10, finding the travelling on 

 the river very bad and dangerous. Fourteen men were 

 required to keep the boat under any sort of control. 



