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China was entered at Shanghai, 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 



Fig. 36. — A street scene in Shangliai. 



Hitchcock. Nanking is a thoroughly Chinese city showing little 

 foreign influence. Like most Chinese cities it is surrounded by 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 waists or even 

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



