. An American engineer in China . of the T\\o Kwano- (Kwang-tung and Kwang-si), they had reachedthe limit of their jurisdiction. Our Cantoneseguard was on hand ready to receive us, and intheir mushroom hats presented quite a different. Two Faithful Friends appearance to the uniforms wc had been accus-^™^^ to- The two bodies of troops, havingsaluted, the Hu-nanese soldiers passed over intoKwang-tung and lined up along the highway, andin hke manner the Cantonese ^soldiers formed inHunan. The Kwang-tung captain was then in-troduced. The Hu-nan general came up, chin- Chapter III: Hu-nan, the Close
. An American engineer in China . of the T\\o Kwano- (Kwang-tung and Kwang-si), they had reachedthe limit of their jurisdiction. Our Cantoneseguard was on hand ready to receive us, and intheir mushroom hats presented quite a different. Two Faithful Friends appearance to the uniforms wc had been accus-^™^^ to- The two bodies of troops, havingsaluted, the Hu-nanese soldiers passed over intoKwang-tung and lined up along the highway, andin hke manner the Cantonese ^soldiers formed inHunan. The Kwang-tung captain was then in-troduced. The Hu-nan general came up, chin- Chapter III: Hu-nan, the Closed Province 103 chinned his farewell, and then shook hands likea foreigner. When I came to say good-by to thetwo Hu-nanese soldiers who had formed my par-ticular body-guard, who had carried my cameraor my pack, and who had looked after my littlepersonal wants in so many thoughtful ways, I wasindeed sorr}-, for I was parting from two faithfulfriends. Then with one last look at Hu-nan, thejourney across which I had regarded with somuch anxiety, but where, with two exceptions, Ihad been treated with uniform kindness, courtesy,and attention by both officials and people, I sig-nified my readiness to proceed, and said good-byto Hu-n
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