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glad to hear about Bishop Biet. Mr. Cockburn, the 
British Resident, 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. JI was informed that in 
1880 no less than 150,000,000 Ib. 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, 
