The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . ents our goingfurther to the arched bridge. Under the waterfallsmall boys disport themselves unhampered by, tothem, unknown standards of civilization. One ofour oarsmen had his few clothes off preparatory to acool swim before we were hardly stopped. Back we went, the downward current of LittleRiver almost equalized by the backwash of the risingYangtze, to the steps of Wanhsien. Here we entereda strange land. Up endless steps, round corner aftercorner, every flight is another street, lined with restau-rants and shops and beggars. Fi
The great river ; the story of a voyage on the Yangtze Kiang . ents our goingfurther to the arched bridge. Under the waterfallsmall boys disport themselves unhampered by, tothem, unknown standards of civilization. One ofour oarsmen had his few clothes off preparatory to acool swim before we were hardly stopped. Back we went, the downward current of LittleRiver almost equalized by the backwash of the risingYangtze, to the steps of Wanhsien. Here we entereda strange land. Up endless steps, round corner aftercorner, every flight is another street, lined with restau-rants and shops and beggars. Finally, at the end of astreet, we entered a temple. Here is the home of oneof the eight foreigners of the port. The courtyard in the centre is bare and denudedof its altar. On one side is the living room with booksand magazines, easy chairs, and a victrola. On thewalls hang the fascinating bamboo screens paintedwith Chinese sketches which come from the countryat the back of Wanhsien and which are very difficultto get. On the other side of the courtyard is the.
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