. The awakening of China . possessed some rolls of theLaw, written in Hebrew, on sheepskins, but they nolonger had a rabbi to expound them. They had forgot-ten the sacred tongue, and some of them had wanderedinto the fold of Mohammed, whose creed resembled theirown. Some too had embraced the religion of Buddha. My report was listened to with much interest bythe rich Jews of Shanghai, but not one of them puthis hand in his pocket to rebuild the ruined synagogue;and without that for a rallying-place the colony mustere long fade away, and be absorbed in the surroundingheathenism, or be led to emb
. The awakening of China . possessed some rolls of theLaw, written in Hebrew, on sheepskins, but they nolonger had a rabbi to expound them. They had forgot-ten the sacred tongue, and some of them had wanderedinto the fold of Mohammed, whose creed resembled theirown. Some too had embraced the religion of Buddha. My report was listened to with much interest bythe rich Jews of Shanghai, but not one of them puthis hand in his pocket to rebuild the ruined synagogue;and without that for a rallying-place the colony mustere long fade away, and be absorbed in the surroundingheathenism, or be led to embrace Christianity. I now learn that the Jews of Shanghai have manifestedenough interest to bring a few of their youth to thatport for instruction in the Hebrew language. Alsothat some of these Kai-fung-fu Jews are frequentattendants in Christian chapels, which have now beenopened in that city. To my view, the resuscitationof that ancient colony would be as much of a miracle asthe return from captivity in the days of JO^ [•EMPLE OF CONI-UCIUS CHAPTER IX THE RIVER PROVINCES Hupeh—Hankow—Hanyang Iron Works—A Centre ofMissionary A ctivity—Hunan—Kiangsi—Anhwei—Native Province of Li Hung Chang BY THE term river provinces are to be tinderstoodthose provinces of central and western Chinawhich are made accessible to intercotirse and tradeby means of the Yang-tse Kiang. Pursuing our jovimey, in twelve hours by rail wereach the frontier of Hupeh. At that point we seeabove us a fortification perched on the side of a loftyhill which stands beyond the line. At a height morethan double that of this crenelated wall is a summerresort of foreigners from Hankow and other parts ofthe interior. I visited this place in 1905. In Chinese,the plateau on which it stands is called, from a pro-jecting rock, the Roosters Crest; shortened intothe more expressive name, the Roost, it is suggest-ive of the repose of straimer. It presents a magnificentprospect, extending over a broad bel
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