packages each. These are towed by launch through the Lake to 
Kiukiang, the first river port on the Yangtsze, where they in turn 
discharge into the big river steamers which deliver the cargo in 
Hankow in eighteen hours. 
From Kimun to Hankow takes approximately eight days—we 
reached Hankow on the eighteenth of May, having been in the 
interior nearly ten Weeks. 
From the foregoing description, it will be seen how dependent the 
manufacture of tea in China is upon the weather conditions. More- 
over, as the finest Keemuns are all made in about a fortnight, it is 
very much a case of putting all one’s eggs in one basket. 
This explains, doubtless, the big variations from year to year in 
teas from the same district. 
S. W. HARRIS 
of Harrisons, King & Irwin, Ltd. 
INSPECTING A TEMPLE—KEEMUN 
