Letters from the Far East . Boys School and Teachers, Kinhwa. Class of Schoolgirls Studying English, Kinhwa LETTER NO. XI ON December 29 we left Kinhwa and started downthe river for a trip to Canton. It was bitterlycold, and we nearly lost our courage and went back;but finally decided to persevere, and reached Shanghaion New Years Day, 1918. After a stay of six days in this city, days which wereall extremely cold—we sailed on the Empress of Asia,January 7, for Canton, via Manila. The wind was high when we went on board, butas we had to wait for the tide, we did not sail untilthree oclock the f
Letters from the Far East . Boys School and Teachers, Kinhwa. Class of Schoolgirls Studying English, Kinhwa LETTER NO. XI ON December 29 we left Kinhwa and started downthe river for a trip to Canton. It was bitterlycold, and we nearly lost our courage and went back;but finally decided to persevere, and reached Shanghaion New Years Day, 1918. After a stay of six days in this city, days which wereall extremely cold—we sailed on the Empress of Asia,January 7, for Canton, via Manila. The wind was high when we went on board, butas we had to wait for the tide, we did not sail untilthree oclock the following morning; by which time,although there was a little swell on, we managed tokeep quite comfortable. The following day wenoticed that the discouraging chill had gone from theair. We sailed along by the Island of Formosa, which istwo hundred miles in length and looks like a series ofmountains, rising abruptly from the sea, showing peakon peak, some snow-capped, and some above theclouds. The sea was a deep blue, with whitecaps whichglistened in the su
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