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  TH^ 
  FOOT 
  OF 
  A 
  SLIDE 
  WHICH 
  BURIED 
  A 
  VILLAGE 
  ON 
  THE 
  VALLEY 
  FLOOR 
  

  

  The 
  few 
  survivors, 
  following 
  instinct, 
  endeavored 
  to 
  remain 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  the 
  

   original 
  site 
  of 
  their 
  homes, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  slide 
  erected 
  hovels, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  spent 
  

   the 
  winter. 
  Shocks 
  were 
  so 
  recurrent 
  that 
  the 
  survivors 
  feared 
  to 
  erect 
  structures 
  substantial 
  

   enough 
  to 
  do 
  injury 
  should 
  they 
  collapse. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  many 
  perished 
  of 
  the 
  cold 
  during 
  the 
  

   severe 
  winter 
  (the 
  altitude 
  being 
  from 
  4,000 
  to 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea-level). 
  The 
  usual 
  heated- 
  

   brick 
  beds, 
  or 
  kangs, 
  were 
  not 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  inadequate 
  shelters 
  for 
  fear 
  of 
  repetition 
  of 
  

   the 
  casualties 
  which 
  occurred 
  when 
  the 
  kangs 
  broke 
  through 
  during 
  the 
  quake 
  and 
  dropped 
  the 
  

   sleepers, 
  mostly 
  women, 
  into 
  the 
  fires 
  below. 
  

  

  after 
  considerable 
  digging, 
  their 
  room 
  was 
  

   brought 
  to 
  light, 
  both 
  men 
  were 
  found 
  

   alive. 
  Stupefied 
  by 
  the 
  shock, 
  they 
  knew 
  

   nothing 
  of 
  what 
  happened 
  and 
  imagined 
  

   that 
  they 
  had 
  slept 
  through 
  an 
  ordinary 
  

   night. 
  The 
  landlord, 
  however, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  

   remonstrances, 
  did 
  not 
  neglect 
  to 
  collect 
  

   room 
  rent 
  for 
  the 
  full 
  period 
  of 
  their 
  stay. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  districts 
  that 
  has 
  suffered 
  

   most 
  is 
  the 
  tableland 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  known 
  

   as 
  the 
  bunch-grass 
  country, 
  which 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  the 
  camel 
  crop 
  for 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  

   Asia. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  an 
  unyielding 
  alkali, 
  

   which 
  cracked 
  appallingly, 
  since 
  there 
  was 
  

   no 
  loess 
  cushion 
  to 
  mitigate 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  

   the 
  shock. 
  In 
  one 
  town 
  with 
  a 
  normal 
  

   population 
  of 
  several 
  hundred 
  the 
  inves- 
  

   tigators 
  found 
  only 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  sur- 
  

   vivors. 
  

  

  The 
  loss 
  of 
  nearly 
  two 
  hundred 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  lives 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  towns 
  and 
  cities 
  calls 
  for 
  re- 
  

   construction 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  staggering 
  scale. 
  

   Seven 
  thousand 
  men 
  have 
  been 
  employed 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  United 
  International 
  Famine 
  Re- 
  

   lief 
  Society 
  in 
  releasing 
  dammed 
  streams 
  

   and 
  thus 
  preventing 
  disastrous 
  overflows. 
  

   Their 
  work 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  their 
  brave 
  for- 
  

   eign 
  superintendents, 
  now 
  nearing 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  completion, 
  is 
  a 
  romance 
  of 
  ad- 
  

   venture 
  in 
  itself. 
  

  

  Fortunately, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  orphan 
  prob- 
  

   lem, 
  as 
  children 
  in 
  the 
  devastated 
  districts 
  

   were 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  demand 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   promptly 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  survivors. 
  In 
  

   Kansu, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  pioneer 
  countries, 
  men 
  

   are 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  majority 
  that 
  women 
  

   are 
  highly 
  valued. 
  The 
  usual 
  price 
  for 
  a 
  

   wife 
  ranges 
  from 
  100 
  to 
  300 
  taels, 
  and, 
  

   as 
  a 
  result, 
  girl 
  babies 
  are 
  adopted 
  as 
  

   eagerly 
  as 
  the 
  boys. 
  

  

  THE 
  CHINESE 
  DRAGON 
  WAGGLES 
  HIS 
  TAIL 
  

   EVERY 
  THIRD 
  CENTURY 
  

  

  Of 
  that 
  most 
  remarkable 
  series 
  of 
  seis- 
  

   mic 
  disturbances 
  which 
  occurred 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  Decem- 
  

   ber, 
  1920, 
  the 
  most 
  phenomenal 
  was 
  

  

  