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I was now fully engaged in arranging and repacking 
the collections, paying my men off finally, and giving 
them the usual cnmshaw, which, of course, varied in 
amount according to the time they had been with me, 
and the way in which they had behaved. 
I was lucky enough to find an immediate purchaser 
for my boat, which I had feared might wait a long time 
on my hands, such articles not being in frequent demand 
at Ichang. She had been well looked after, however, 
and in spite of her four journeys up and down the river 
was as good as new. 
Waiting here for the river to fall, in order to get to 
Chung-king, were Mr. Hébson, Commissioner of Customs, 
with his staff, and Mr. Fulford, Consul, who were going 
there to open the port to European trade. No steamers 
belonging to foreigners were, however, to be allowed 
to proceed above this port. 
When all my work was completed, I took a passage 
in the steamer Kiang-yung, which carried me to Shanghai 
without the nuisance of changing boats at Hankow. 
On my arrival I had a bad attack of fever, which I felt 
more severely through being in a weak state of health, 
I having for the last year, nearly, subsisted almost en- 
tirely upon the poor food consumed by the lower classes 
of Chinese. 
While here, Mr. T. Wood, whom I had previously met. 
