The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-03-06

messed Ny VISIT 10 Marking will be i'm
complete without description of
Chinese cong, the best means of con
veyance tor passengers, AMI the only o.
except wherlbarrOws, sedan chairs o
donkey back. When you hire a pom
You also hire driver, a man to run be
fore YOU in the street and clear the wa,
OF children and cripple-. and to whip III
horse along in the roads, AMI hold hi
head while you mount. And this last i
not the meanest service, tor 10y princi
pie OF nature, a horse can't have hi
nose and heels eletaled at the same time
aud these ponies have wonderful faci!i
ty Tor elevaling the latter, just when yor
60 20 mouat him, to proven. which, tht
driver holds his nose well up unit! yo,
are seated in the-what shall | call il,
Saddle2 No, 1t were a caricature on ID,
name Call il a saw buck, with tn,
skins oi two buifaloes e. Chinese ANNA
resembling a half goat aud half OK,
tackled to either side ~ skirts, and two
ropes Of uuedual length, and just of halt
sufficient length Tor s:irrup feathers. and
You have the picture OF Chinese saddle.
| mounted my pony ard my knees were
quite up IA my lace owing TO the shOrt~
ness aiJre-aid of the stirrup feathers
With ;he aid OF surplus rem aud halter,
bo,h OF which used. got the stiTrup4
doHn IN statu quo. when | found my
heels just six inches from the street.
Baruuin = circus never paraded the streets
OF cOuHtry town when he had larger
or more interested crowd of people to
look at his elephants than bad We t0er
to see Us ride through the city OF Marking.
to see tour foreigners at one time. and To
see them all on horses. and all in Il
straight line (the streets or roads are so
harrow that two cannot ride abrea-t)
Fr1"t yards we're tiI!eI with women and
children TO see Us pass. NV friend Mr.
lily kes has a full, l,nL beard. and the
people think him about 80 to 100 wears
old lie was eating an orange, when an
Old man called to bis wife: old woman
Old woman. just look at the foreigner
See what a beard, and he Gun eat, he can
eat! The old man supposed mouth
so covered was completely lost.
There was other things we s1w at
Nanking that would interest your read
ers, perhaps, but would swell this letter,
now too long, TO such a length that tor
bear any further mention.
One word about the hunting part OF the
programme. Without giving any Incl
dents OF the excellent sport we had, |
viii give the result killed deer that
got, several escaped TO DE in the reeds !;
81 pheasants. This is beautiful bird.
and weighs from 4 to g pounds. The
COCK is Il fine plumaged bird. has tail
sometimes , feet long. and of 1 or 5
different colurS.. Their flesh Is very dell
icate. much like the quails of Kentucky.
| also got / will du KS, Chinese quails,
ten jack snipes and one hare. had
sport after wild boar, shot one with
buck shot, tracked him by the blood into
a marsh where ! could not follow. (See
Natural History, Wild Boar OF Asia.
We reached home ON the 23d of De-
cember, weighing 81 pounds more than
when left Cincinnati in August.
Ohe word more of curious employ
meEt for the soldiers of China
For few years past a species Of To-
Gust has been inlestins parts of the val~
ley. They are, think, identical with
the grasshoppe- of Kansas notOr.ety.
These insects have been increasing at
such rate a. To cause alarm. So the
government has taken the matter in
hand. and detailed several regiments of
men to destroy the eggs, which are
thick in places. The mOdus OPerandi is
as follows: The localities of the eggs are
sought, and men assigned territory to
work Each man is armed with has~
ket. He is required to Dug four catties OF
eggs per day ON pain of bring hogged at
night Ii he tails to bring in this amount
A catIy is lbs. our weight; hence each
man is to dig over ) pounds per day. |
Jaw 400 men at work in one small
island. Multiply this number of men by
) lbs, aud you lid 10000 lbs per day
ot locust eggs picked up These are
weighed and then boiled in order to hill
them. | shall watch for the result with
interest: for so great number of eggs
destroyed will surely make difference
next season in the crop OF locusts
When | write again, will give the
results OF my observation of farming in
China. W. e. BENTON