""The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle" image recto: A sketch of a Chinese man wearing a horn hat and tunic carrying a pole on his shoulder with a heavy load on each end. image verso: An ink sketch of a woman in traditional square brimmed hat, sitting on the ground and leaning against a wall. There is also a blue ink sketch of a dandy dressed in 18th Century costume, holding a monocle to his eye.