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But never mapped till the work was undertaken by our own War Office in 1865. If the "nine thousand barks conveying tribute to the emperor," as described by an ancient writer, no longer crowd its waters, I can testify that at the points where I touched it, such as Chinkiang, the laden fleets were so vast as to leave only a narrow lane of water available for traffic, and that on arriving at Tientsin from Tungchow my boat took two days and a half to make its way through the closely-jammed mass of cargo and passage boats at the terminus.
Kelly & Walsh, cater for the intellectual needs of the population, but it is likely that the depressing climate in spring and summer, and the whirl of society and amusements in winter, indispose most of the residents for anything like stiff reading. The tremendous energy with which Shanghai amuses itself during seven months of the year is something phenomenal. It is even a fatigue to contemplate it. Various causes contribute to it on the part of the ladies. There is the Anglo-Saxon vitality which must find some outlet.
Malcolm (looking at the bottle) — "Why, you have already almost finished the eight days' medicine (arsenic) that I gave you yesterday. " Patient No. 2 enters — "Where is the old boss of this shop? " D. — "Allow me to tell you I am not a devil. " D. " P. " D. — "What was the cause of your trouble" P. " D. — "How long have you had it " P. e. a very long time). The arms and shoulders of this woman were covered with pieces of green plaster, given her by the Chinese doctors. She proposed to throw these away and "to publish the doctor's name abroad" if he cured her.