Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-30

=. svsvr,,.tjou whatever 70 say that The
or,v nrorer wsy 10 travel ID with . boat ~
~hich one can i've ~ In = house. Stricuv
.rsaIinr. there are no roads ct oil. y We
Trdersisnd the term; only narrow ioot'
maths heading here, there, and everywhere,
and vet nowhere IN particular; an Intricate
maze Of tracks 6bouf the fice.feds, IN winch
, : stranger finds himself bopelcssly be-
wiIdered 10 commences with, sud invariably
LOST At LAST.
The FIRST day out from Canton, after
travelling. I should think, thirty miles, ]
found myself In . village about thirteen
miles ont. Neither are these pathways Oh
that asphs,t.lIhe smoothness OF surface ior
which an experienced 'cycler naturally
vearns. who sees the pleasant autumn wea-
Their gradually gliding past, and the as
lance ahead still great. On the contrary,
boulders and rough slabs OF stone, once
laid level. hut now more often siopsng a.
angles that render them prccarieus footine
for ANYTHING but goat or oarefooted
Cbnaman. are the chief characteris-
Tics. In addition to this they are
often not more than two feet WIDE.
and often rise several feet above
the waving paddy, so that traversing them
Is feat really equal 10 the performance OF
walking on wall. Under these circum-
stances person frequently thinks of swap.
ming his bicycle for spartan yaller," and
Kidding the purp with bullets. perse.
yered for four days, hoping the roads wouid
improve, AT the end OF which time arrived
in a country where there were no paths,
no paddy fields. only the Pe-kiang river,
and the rocky mountains slopine to the
waters edge. A. sampan would take me
down stream and back 10 Canton IN three
DAYS, All! but the good people at home
(some OF them) would say, "Poohl he was
afraid 10 20 through; the badness OF tne
roads Is only a con, enient excuse" AS IL
would never do to give the good people AZ
home the opportunity Of thinking this J
concluded TO 20 through to kiukiang an
Shanghai the best way possible. ro's
days' polling, rowing, and towing or
little sampan to Chao.cboo.foo. and f'T
more with coolies carrying the bicyF,
brought me over the Meeling pass ma
into the province Of Kiang.tSe. Strang
the beadwaters Of the Ranking over
at Nanhung, / might have come
down stream ali the way to the Jyang
Hoo. / found the paths in kilng-t' now.
ever, quite an Improvement on Bose on
Ouang.tung, and bicyced my way 20 wn 10
Kin qan.roo. So far, had fJt along
without serious trouble with tl5 people.
| X an.tcbou foo, | had Deen told, ss risky
city 10 visit bu. trunded pc bicycle
| through il from one end to the ther, IN the
middle Of q surging, shouting fowd. and
beyond getting my helmet blocked on
| few times. was offered no ind mites. Ia-ho
was the first city where the authorities SAW
| fit to favor me with an esco't; they
SENT COUPLE OF SOLDIERS WITH NE
TO Kin.gan.foo. They evidently knew
what they were about, fr | should have
Jared badly bad ! rea he'd kin-gan'loo
alone, not knowing the lircct route TO the
Yamen. The soldiers betrayed anxiety a.
we approached the city the mob collected,
and. while vet several hundred yards from
the Yamen, the stones began to come, ana
wild wells for the Fmkwaes rent the arr
Missiles that would have Knocked me sense
less had | been wearing an ordinary nat
only made dents in the big pith solar
topee | had worn through India, and
winch effectually protected my head ana
sbouIders. escaped into the Ylnen win
but a few trifinx bruises, and one spoke
broke out OF the bicycle, but one OF Tue
soldiers got badly hurt on the arm-proOa.
hlv fractured bone. The soldiers warned
them that was armed, and until We
reached the outer Yamen gate they con
fined themselves TO yelling and throwing
I stones. several then rushed forward and
seized tie bicycle, but the officials cam
TO the rescue aud hurried me into
the Che.lien's Office. 1t was pandemo
mum broke loose around the Ilmer
catcs all the evening, the mob howl
ing FOR the "foreign devil" the shout
Of tie soldiers keeping them a
! bav, and the officials loudly expos
| tni<iug and baraneuing them iron
I time 10 time, as the din seemed to be in
crossing. Proclamaiions were sent out b!
the Che-hsien, and, toward midnight, tn
mob had finally dispersed. was thei
placed aboard q sampan, and, with guar
of six soldiers, spirited of down stream
| After this the authorities never allowed m
to travel 10y bicycle, but passed me on dow
stream by boat from town to town, unde
guard, until we reached Wu-ching on tn
Poyang Hoo, when, much persuasion
obtained permission 70 take short Gu
across the country TO Kiukiang, but sti
with an escort. THOMAS oikNtNs.
Mr.. stevens, after seeing the British Cor
sui at Kiukiaug, took passage in the steame
Picking. and arrived here this forenoon.