. A'Chu and other stories. go some man decided to open aneating-place there. He built a wall of boards acrossthe front of this crack, set in a door, and fitted a sashof glass window panes above the door. Two men spenta day sawing and pounding to finish the inside. Thena family moved in. Today that enterprising restau-rant keeper is serving hot meals on tables set in asemicircle extending from the fish market to ourdoor. His patrons are many, but all the cooking isdone in this tiny house built in the crack betweenour home and the fish market. The other half million of Cantons inhabitants livein
. A'Chu and other stories. go some man decided to open aneating-place there. He built a wall of boards acrossthe front of this crack, set in a door, and fitted a sashof glass window panes above the door. Two men spenta day sawing and pounding to finish the inside. Thena family moved in. Today that enterprising restau-rant keeper is serving hot meals on tables set in asemicircle extending from the fish market to ourdoor. His patrons are many, but all the cooking isdone in this tiny house built in the crack betweenour home and the fish market. The other half million of Cantons inhabitants livein boats on the river which borders the city on thesouth and southwest, and on the canals that cross thecity in various directions. Canton from Day to Day 117 THE BOAT PEOPLE The boat people are always very interesting to boat is a complete home in itself, supplied withall that is required for this mode of life. Thesefolk make their living by carrying passengers andmerchandise, and are rarely seen on land except when. HOUSE-BOAT BOYS HAVING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN they go ashore to purchase necessities for their simplemode of life. The river before our house is fringed with a borderof house-boats and sampans at all times of day, andmore deeply bordered at night. The inhabitants ofthese boats are our nearest neighbors on the water-ward side of the street, and very interesting neighborsthey are.
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