The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11


to enter the city. Woo was allowed 20
enter. however. and the rcst cs 10 rec
NAMED on our hoats. The overflow fscm
the Yangtse. Slang. Yuan and half .
DOZEN other streams fogm AZ .mmense
lake west OF Tochcu. Il 10 over . hum
drsd miles long during the tresness and
only great mud stink during ths winter.
Yochou peoOiees to b quite . trade CEN
ter. for Il already has good shops. and
the tea country ~ the higher levels hack
OF u makes u important 20 that industry.
We weot up the sang rtver and week
later rejoaned the other members * the
axTxdhon - slang Yin. 70 which point
they had carried he survey Here We
were hospatabay rec<ived BY the Shen
magistrate and by = chinses gentleman
In the telegraph service. Yu by name.
who had bsen TO the Tleutsan university.
and spoke EngiisA very we'll. We were
entertained ~ dinner which was en-.
tirely chinesA and greatly enjoyed the
novelty Of sc0s Of the Dishes ~ weli -
the Amusement created By our somewhat
ludicrous attempts 70 manipulate our
chop-etltks. The menu included. beside
some more familiar coursee, shark Ans.
pigeon eg9s. WOOD fungus. iotos seeds.
ANAL. musoels and namboe shoots. The
dinner Vas we'll cooked. ana ~ werU
rather surprised to find how good II WAS
Our visits 70 cities coptinusd to attract
general attention. The trumpstern with
our soldiers would enter nret. blowing -
X their ityes depended upon the EFFORT. ana
every blast brought hordss Of Chinese
AZ Tungkuao ~ had our nrst serious
trouble. some Of tia il-natured ones IN
the big crowd began 70 show their con-
tempt for W b. hooting and throwing
stones. The o6ic3als and soldiers surs
rounded u and hurried " 70 our boats.
whore We Wprv out u harms way. Dur
ing the confusjon 0sn. Parsons wae
struck By = stops. but was not hurt
Tho Slang b . very large rtvsr. with
fairly swift current. and 10 navigabis for
fairly large steamboAts probably - far
% Hsngehou. Il has for the most- part
high banks and In some places very p.c-
turesQue cliffs. The country II generally
hilly and the main valley II Of warning
width. We made anywhere from ten 10
sixteen miles . day up the slang and
we're not seriously retarded. We reached
Human. on January :. and were reiuetant-
" RECEIVED By tho governor. Il seems
that his predecessor had been dlsmissed
from office for being progressive. and
guess that he feared that precedent had
been established. He seemed also TO think
that e he showed us any coss!der.tion
that there would be great popular dem.
enstratlon In which No might BE- unable
90 carry out his orders 10 protect us. He
dnAlly decided to give u . reception. and
the nature Of the cOncession will b un-
derstood when Il 10 stated that We were
the first foreigners Who ever entered his
yAmen. He said that his people we're not
yet ready for . railway and that they
would have TO Be educated before ono
could BE- built. Changsha 10 . large and
important city with IN estimated popula-
ton OF 0o0.0oo. including city Of boats.
with regular strvets and blocks. which
covers much OF the river. There are some
-
whole city II surrounded by . massive
weiLbuilt wall and meat The city 10
we'll situated. and back Of Il are some
hills which AFFORD beautiful views Of tho
river and opposite mountains And valleys.
In the days Of this guveTnor's predectssos
the place was very progressive and an
electric light plant was started. Unfor-
tunately. the administration ana policy
were changed. and believe reform 10 now
Z dangerous Avocaticn. II n. however.
q city Of great possibilities when once
the province 10 opened up. Even now the
business quarter 10 active. rich and in
dustEious. Beyond chanssha the coun-
try became ssili mere hllly and IL beauty
iMcfeased with ~ rueUednsos Opposite
Hsngehou. another lArgs city. va en-
c6unsered the Let Tivsr, which Aows into
the stang after draining . large area 10
the southeast. Herr ~ left the 0(an9.
Continuing MP the east hank Of the Lei.
We wers sufprised one night 90 receive .
call from 4 Chinese Christian missionary.
. member Of the London Inland Mission.
Human n not IN agresable place for mis-
s1omrfea: there are very few stations In
the entire province. and they are CON-
pelled 70 keep pretty quiet. This fellow
seemed much sncouraged with hin mission
q Hengch0u. and perhaps we were
wrong 10 doubt his sincsrity: ~ at least
hoped We were.
1--WE werc q ntsle sorry TO ieavs sha
Slang. which II one Of the most beautiful
rivers I have sver sven: but the Lei ID
also abundant with magnificent scenery.
aAd indeed the country itself. - II be-
came more mountainous. deiighted us
more and more. In places Il IL rugged
ana wfld, but there wi1l b no difficult
engineering problem TO face In building
the railway through the country. In
fact. when ths road h finished this viii
be one Of the places where palace car
passenger win b tempted 10 ksep their
noses Aattened against the window pane
In order 70 miss nothing a. TIE train
speeds through this picfuresQue part Of
the province That's one OF the thinEs
thought Of - ~ trudgsd slowly our tsu
10 sixfeen miles . dag. There ara lrns
roense coal deposits In this vicinity. and
We paused scveral ecA towns ana cram
ined many specimens. II seems 70 be ex-
eeiiens coal, but owing 10 lack Of srans-
yond the city OF Yun@hssng ~ aban-
douAd our boats and started across eoun-
try that daily grew rougher. We missed
connection with part OF our carriers ar
moas At once and for Two days lived on
beef extract and champagne, The carriers
Of which stu remained with u. don't
Know that I am vsry fond of the Diet.
although /. went well when Ne we're hun
gry-
Il am not inclined 20 be superst.tsous.
but yuat after leaving Ynnshs:as rssh-
ar remarkable thing took place. We
stopped one night In an ancssnt teFnpis
which offered the only shelter In that i'm
mediate ne4shborhood. On the wall was
tbs picture Of q Chinese gud that attract
ed cur attention. II was simply print
Of little value, ana Mayor announced that
he vas going 20 take II when he len.
The Chimes we're horrshed at the tdea-
Trey said that II was . picture Of the
eod Of the stomach. and that II vs stole
Il re would surely - punished. MAYOR.
70 satisfy them. Put IL hack IN It's place.
Next day half Of the party complained
Of not feeling we'll and three Of ~ were
posftsvesy Sex Then ~ discovered that
Naror had the god tucked away In hss In
stde pocket The Chinese wsre triumph.
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