Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

yond the yellow ] can see the white caps o.
the Pacific. the realm of old Neptune, blu
as yet there is no sign Of his invasion O
the land.
l climb to the top Of the wall, first havinl
my guide draw my camera up with a string
and sit Town and wait for the coming in.
vasion. i am on a wide dyke shaded By
long lines Of willows, with the Hangchov
bay and the ocean in front Of me and be.
hind and below me-, a mighty garden spotted
with clumps Of green trees and covered
with a crazy quilt Of luxuriant crops. There
are patches Of pink peach orchards just
bursting forth into bloom, gray thickets OF
mulberry trees and clumps Of feathery
bamboos. out of which peep the thatcheJ
roofs Of farm houses. There are people
wearing blue gowns and gray hats at work
in the fields, lazy bufaloes dragging the
plows through the burrows, and In the will
lows above me 1 hear the singing Of birds.
II is an ideal country scene. as peaceful
and quiet az that of any part OF the world,
and l almost doze on as / look.
Battle of the waters.
But what is that sound in the distance1
1t makes mt think of a railroad train at
great speed. but far off. 1t slowly deepens
and / look out to sea. 1t ie the mighty
Pacific gathering itself together for the
great bore at Hangchow. With my glass I
can see a faint line Of white at the foot of
blue island about ten miles away. It is
now but a streak of silver cutting the sea.
AS l watch It 1t broadens and lengthens.
The sound increases. Seel There Is a low
wall OF foam way out there In the water.
There are great boats behind 1t which are
floating in on the tide, and ships In front
which IL must swallow up as II comes on
ward. Now It is nearer ana higher. with
the naked eye l can see 1t throwing its foam
into the air. The wall seems to be rolling
over and over, while the bay at my feet IL
as still as a mill pond. Now the flood has
caught the ships. They ride with It. Thes
sway this way and that. apparently or
their beam ends. Now they are lost and
little later on / see them rising and falling
with the swell behind It.
Now the wall of water is extending far
out In the bay. It is dashing itself against
the ~embankment some miles further up and
II is rolling, seething, foaming, roaring to-
ward me. This wall is grtAter than thai
which engulfed Pharaoh's army. 1t makes
me think of Niagara and the thunder OF IT
oncoming current is almost as great. ]
comes closer and closer. until at last 1
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onward. 1t has caught the great junk
on the terrace, swayed their masts to an
fro, and, passing. has left them floating. 70
the bay Is now filled and the terraces hid
den. How the water seethes and boils
There are a myriad whirlpools in the ba,
The ships are pulling at the great bambo
cables with which they are tied to th
shore, and the whole for a moment Is lfk
the rapids below Niagara falls.
A moment later and the contest Is oveI
The Pacific has crowded the river far bacl
II has filled the bay and the tide is felt fa
into the interior. The dykes and Ii
walls. however. have protected the farm
and the people are working in the field
Just as peacefully as before the gres
white Terror came galioping In.
On the Grand Canal.
have been travelling for some days upo
the Grand canal. going on now and the
into the smaller canals which cover thl
part OF China like a net. Tt Grand cans
is a wonderful waterway. 1t Is longer tina
from New York to Cleveland and q 2asse
through a region which contains more pee
pie than the whole United States. / saw
, first at Tier Tsin. which city Il taps on II
. way nortd TO Pekin. | have Travelled on
/ near PekAn and also seen It at Chinkianl
where It .rosses the Yangtse. and an no
} near it's X Wer end. where 1t terminates 1
the great city OF Hangchow.
Travelling upon II you pass walled tow
] at every few hours and now and then com
) to walled cities so large that you are ha
/ a day In getting through them. For hui
!. dreds Of miles there are no locks and mort
I OF the Yangtse the water is carried ov,
! the country on great stone ~embankment
, twenty or more feet high. the strea
{ within the embankments being several hun
: dred feet wide. The smaller canals ha,