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trines Of Confucius, who taught them that the
great law 10 he observed was To love their
parents and relatives and 10 nothing that would
bring grief or disgrace to them. In case 4
crime is committed, the parents and relatives
of the offender against the law are all liahle
TO arrest and punishment.
1t is showing here this afternoon, and the
weather is quite cold; fuel is scarce and eN-
pensivc. and the clothing worn ny the roolieS
is scanty indeed. When inquired, OF physi-
clan whom | met here, if these people did not
suffer in winter time, lie told Inc that through
out the wear, winter and summer, they huddlc
together nights & soon Is darkness appears, in
tens, and in many places As many A. fifteen or
twenty. in their only living room, perhaps no
more than ten or twelve feet square.
February sth, ic19.-It i acold. frosty morn
ing and rs this hotel i constructed with
balconies on either SHE Of orr rooms With
swinging French windows from ceilings 10
floor for ventilation during summer and our
stove in VI ich coal is used for fuel i not much
larger than water pail, We feel somewhat
benumbcd Wien | recall the fact that around
u. are half million of human beings with not
q saucer full OF charcoal for each 10 serve them
for the day, AMI thousands Without any, >,dt
IN BY narrow streets with oyer-hanging roofs
80 that scarcely ray OF sunlight reaches them
from one wears end to another, | feel recon-
ciled to our slight inconvenience in comparison
with their lives of continuous suffering.
Shanghai is Int a small spot on great plain
made by deposits Of mud brought down from
the interior fol mere than two thousands wears
and DEPOSITED al the months of the ! angtse
and Woo sung rivers, which form the delta
upon which millions of people now live.
Every piece of land i in the highest state OF
cultivation The Chinese farmers not only
save everything Of 4 fertili-ing nature, but they
import immense quantities OF glano, I>il End
other fertilizers. The steamer Picking. that
brought lis from san Francisco. had on board
IS part Of he. cargo tons Of >hrimps for fer
tilizing the rire fields OF China.
Pekin, the re-idence OF the Emperor, who l.
not yet ten year> Of age. Is too far 90 ant in
too cold a region To invite i Wit from Us. No
doubt visit there woGd he safe 10 ii>, although
The grand secretary of the Empire who i viz
tl4lly The heal of the government, i not sale
within the walls Of thu rapt.l without body
guard Of fourteen thousand men.
On board Steamship Walwa, Feb. .. is.J.-
We are bound Tor London Via Bombay. We
left Shanghai at noon Yesterday, and all IT.
wealth and >qualidne>>, it> sedan chairs "lil-
tering with gliding, it. wherlbarrows' crl'>-
tas in rags and in silk robes AMI >pFnglrd
caps, TO visit Canton, u more celebrated riiy
We 20 by W., OF Hong Kong. II isq"itr '"id'
and has been showing some. our steamer i
furnished for tropical climates. and i ventilated
more than necessary for our present comfort.
She is Differed BY Engishmrn. !rishmcu and
Scotchmen: her crew i of mixed races
Manila men Malays and negroes. several
European, from Shanghai are passengers ON
their WAY 10 Hong Kong 10 attend the horse
races Icannot seq where the fun comes in
eight hundred and iiftI miles Of SCI sickness,
cold rooms, cold berths CRYING children nn,l all
sorts ofdiscOmfort, seems like paving dear for
the whistle" ! had long talk with the pilot
to-day. lie was born in England-from the age
OF ten 10 fifteen lived in New York city, from
fifteen 10 twenty among the mountains of
Oregon fighting Indians; was taken prisoner,
stripped of his clothing, strapped acr0,. a
pony and conveyed six hundred miles: lived
with them eighteen months; stole canoe.
fluated two hundred mile, down the Columbia
river; made his way 10 san Francisco, shipped
for China, engaged in the Chinese rebellion
and participated in battles where upwards OF
one hundred thousand were >nia. lie has
seen the waters of the langtse river Ecti
with blood for more than thirty miles. He
exhibited all sorts of sears made by many wea-
pons, by the arrow, tomahawk, spear, sabre,
minnie ball and cllbs. lie i 4 wonderful specl-
men OF summarized humanity. lie related
MANY interesting incidents OF the W. cGty,year
rebel war, and melancholy accounts OF the
late famine, which reduced the population 10y
more than twenty millions.
On the Yellow Sea, Feb. 10th, ls,Y.-Our
ship goes jiggle-ioggle, and my pen likewise,
nj will try 10 write ~ u LOt 10 wholly neg
L., mas, ',1s We have seen littlc TODAY, uS-
re,'t i lew Shark, ~Lich looked wisinlly to-
wards us. and Two or thr uu-di. N M
fishing junhs, joined in twoS, with 'a mas
operated with windlas-. Before lett ~
berth this morning Malay presented himself
To shave me. lie said he was the ships barber.
declined his services, not liking the looks ul his
razor ii WAS shaped like butchers cle:lycr.
On his head WAS turban, OE his feet huge
boots. The former concealed hi horns II he
possessed thcm-the latter hi feet, whether
they were cloven or not he did not smell
OF sulphur, but of odOrs wore. We are living
after the English style oi pro, iling, with
Chinese cooking, and ARE served nj table and
elsewhere by boys from ONE, who have
the York shire dialect, 'you know"
February llth, lS.y.-Aitcr titiin" we went
on deck 10 get n good view of the harbor Of
| was well paid FOR cutting
short INV lunch, and the Peniusular and
/ cannot say how much cold wild bOar's meat
and Irish slew they saved by The means. just
before we entered the gap in the hills, We pass
rd the " Nine Pin Islands" which, like Rock
Dunder and the Four Brothers, are in i cluster
lar enough from each other 10 allow ircr pas
SAGE of boats between them. They stand up
from the water from thirty To- seventy feet. ~
soon IT. our ship east anchor half mile from
The harbOr, We were surrounded by >ampan~,
jr house boats, by the dozens. These boai~ are
twcnty-fOur feet long by siN broad in the widest
part, with awning in the stern. They are fam
lis boats and are worked 10y the family, father,
mother and children; such i crew, There the
children are born, Young women married, and
all spend their lives. One boat conveyed three
II us and all our baggage 10 The landing. II
Mas rOwcd by the father and mother, assisted
" two Of their five children. Two other Young
'cle-tlHl- were playing about The bOat ,tulnhllnE
over the baggage and climbn. up the sides ul
he boat " ithout attracting the attention of thr
parents. The baby, not yet two months old,
was bound by broad strip OF cloth 4" IT.
mothers back. She piled the oar ~ Vigorously
IL her husband; in her moN cmrnl~ IN rowing,
he head Of the little one Hoped about u II on
pivot. | exported every minute IL -" II
man, OH and tumble into the wafer. With the
reception of II small place in thu stern for pas
rngcrs. the boat has floor rNcn with the top
II the boat'~ sides, which has q trap door that
,prns into small space below where lhrN
,crp the food and the children II night.
Tomorrow We 90 to Canton, Tor 4 dHN or
We. A. the mail leaves her" IN = d1N OF t""'
mus, intrrrult IN, journal here hut viii con
Juur il ~ We proceed onward towards the
west, which We are IN haste &" Il" "a account
II the extreme hot weather that W. shall ~
COUNTER IN India, il Wr delay.
S,N'I. ". IuNNIE.