Letters from the Far East . Home of Miss Ford and Miss Thompson, of theC. I. M., Lanchi. Lanchi, Showing Pagodas LETTER NO. XII WE found the weather in Canton delightful, withneither the cold of Shanghai nor the heat ofManila. Wednesday, Doctor Lungs family came to see us,bringing fruit and flowers. Thursday, we accepted aninvitation to their home to dinner, and afterwardvisited the ivory, jade, and fan shops. Friday, wesaw the boys of the Pooi Ching School drill, and thenwent to Doctor Chambers to supper. On Saturday, a party of nine of us went up WhiteCloud Mountain. We took rickshaws to the
Letters from the Far East . Home of Miss Ford and Miss Thompson, of theC. I. M., Lanchi. Lanchi, Showing Pagodas LETTER NO. XII WE found the weather in Canton delightful, withneither the cold of Shanghai nor the heat ofManila. Wednesday, Doctor Lungs family came to see us,bringing fruit and flowers. Thursday, we accepted aninvitation to their home to dinner, and afterwardvisited the ivory, jade, and fan shops. Friday, wesaw the boys of the Pooi Ching School drill, and thenwent to Doctor Chambers to supper. On Saturday, a party of nine of us went up WhiteCloud Mountain. We took rickshaws to the foot ofthe mountain, when most of the party made the ascenton foot, but two of us took chairs. It was a steepclimb. Had it not been for the evident discomfort ofthe chair-bearers, we should have enjoyed this methodof travel; but when one sees on the backs of the menthe cruel marks made by the crosspieces which rest ontheir shoulders, ones pleasure is somewhat lessened. This particular journey was exceptionally hard,being up, up, all the way. There were hundreds ofsteps. The men prep
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