The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11

swirlinR along, noated the iunks In an instant.
and In wild confusion hastened after the bore.
The next day. as we expected the bore TO be
plorlng the country before visiting the en- IN
bankment; but to our surprise tho bore was
II rs A. NJ, soon after which It came into sight.
IN In order to watch 1t tho better we assembled to
which there was clear view.
II was ut once evident that an unusual pho
n0me nom was likely to occur From the Oh
place OF the two hores had been found to DO
generally opposite the ragoda or nearly 50;
far in advance Of its fellow and. instead
therefore OF being kept to the south side OF tho
Of wntor Hbout t6Tee mie henw Ibe PnsndH
Its right wing broke against the sea wall, and.
as the left wing was somewhat in advance, u
continuous charge was delivered on the wall
as the wave passed up stream the attack ex-
tending over mile in length Tho waters
headed back from the wall we're, however,.
thrown In an uproarious sea towards the con-
tire OF tho stream. and thus checked tho roar of
the column from supporting the assault. Upon
poured down from the rear and, at the expense
OF the loss Of its own evenness OF line, separated
Meanwhile the south branch pressed RAPIDLY
up stream extending from bank to bank in
absolutely. even. the wave being impellod so
furiously forward that its cTo-t never broke.
and its front remained a solid wall of water,
which passed unchanged over all before il.
On the previous night only u few Of tho Junk
mon had turned out to look after their craft
but now they wore hurriedly laying out fresh
hawsers, and getting banboos ready to keep
their boats from being dashed against tho wall.
IN There WIS no time to be lost 0ns Junk near
already In grievou5 case, and In another mo-
ment the water was tearing over the bows of
rooted In the docks. and hurting the boats on
to- the wall from the wall, and against each
8ne was carried w MSF9 al It's mooes nnd
drifted across Its neigh Dor, Frosh hawscrs
were got out anu carried ashore The crowd
impending disasters to lend n helping hand.
and It seemed as though the boat would 10
RSrs N maui The h he
had already hurried further up stream, and by
degrees things riGhted themselyos,
of with the frat OF the tide to Hang how. but
instead Of getting away they nov found them
tangled in the rigging OF some other craft In
quarter OF an hours time one Junk got away
Where she drifted UP tho river Side on ~ to the
current, as appears to be the orthodox style in
these waters. Another boat tried to follow her.
round upon a third BY degrees, however. the
fleet bound for Hang-chow got under way and
dritted crabwise out OF sight
The bore on this occasion had been Griev-
branches having failed to Joir hands; aud the
or five feet in height but 1t was difficult to
form any, Judgment about this from our POSI-
which was that the grandeur of sound was
seriously impaired at our elevation above tho
ground. Indeed. the impression left by tho
midnight effects was far greater than that pro-
duced by the spectacle at midday; and it was
consolng to know that the tide at night was
senses had not been deceived by the frame
work OF moonlight and stranGeness in which
the first picture had been set.
Unfortunately, there was no possibility of re-
naming longer. and we had to hurry back to
Shanghai The bore may certainly DO seen
under more favorable circumstances than
those on which we had CHANGED, for in Septem-
Der, and especially with wind setting in from
the sea- the PROPORTIONS of the bore would be
immensely greater: but even our experience
was one which cannot fail to leave a lasting
phenomenon. a grandeur which was no
doubt enhanced by the feeling that we were
its only spectators. and that al the forces
cal entertainment. w. r. CAELES.