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Show 3. name, Han Tax fu (Tal fu aaaalag Doctor] gave me entree LB :' t region, (You a l l know, of course, that ea "lor/, - er*n hawe each to be given one sellable Chinese names over there. The Chinese sever knoa - arid could not pronounce, if they did know - our real smea*j The Inn is ee&dtaetel ©a "The Sarepean Plan," (er are European Hotels run ea the Chinese Plan?} Hot being partial te Chinese feel, an5 even thaugh 1 had not expected %Q f a i l of getting lo ay destination that night, se I had eat brought provisions, 1 preferred to take a raaa only. Rooms sre arraagel around en inner court, which is % aonvaniant barftyvri so* tzt&z * f^po*^. The beasts-have quarters aijoining and net greatly inferior to those far hiffljans. The mules are hilarious and shout for glee when - rslisved of £helr harnesses ar packs A • ? t'->ey ?tJ ;«s Rudibl; all night but r-aai* they i«%rr* Iran their aasters, aal the-/ knew i t ta be goal ferai in their uQUO t r y . Always the kitchen is nearest to the main entrance from the s t r r e t , and guest roosts in the extreme rear are most desirable. 5© 1 knew I was being t r e a t el with great respect* (Some say "The Chinese do everything exaetiy eppoaite te our sf&ysy" but that i s ea egotistical way of expressing i t . fa Jo things opposite to their aaja is mere modest,, for have they not bees doing things tar more centariei than -re! Shay were cultured shea our ancestors in Northern Surcpe were drinking out el skulls.} If you tinve ever seen * s a l t a of room a in an Oriental Inn, you wXXk h&fs a vivid pic t a r a of mine. There i s the aeetlhsle With a raw Oa either -A.A (though I did n#t need la much sfaee). faat! Oh, no, tnls is not * :'ro-aira ?i th bath." 3a ch raaa had i t s brisk platform,or keag, about tee feet nigh mmi occupying sere than half the space. That Is the bed* I t e l l you "the soft side of • brick" is. no softer altar you have lain on i t a l l night than -Then you f i r s t r e t i r e e . 1 *a< , becai e 1 have tried it,, But tfett n-'^A I had with me a good U.SsAmy folding cot -Ace 1 p laced on the tog. There ar© always a table and t*o oaArs ia exactly the seme -posit! on a* ' Air i s not considered by the Chinese a dasirSbic .-set in - AAeping raaa. Sea© - out aeeer enough to our way of t a i a t l a g - r,ny b? obtained by poking a wet ftager a few times through the paper window pane pasted oa i t s -rrtistic grille;* trmxe* the Hate] 0 at charge extr* for this damage, aa rarely, if ever, do gaaetfl af their eaa race indulge in this trick, and "foreign" lodgers are not freouent. Oaly theee fawlliar with the aeight ea t a i l ed by carrying Chinese aapfar coins alias travelling eaa r e a l i s e ho* much m®r® desirable i t is to preeare what i s needed alon? the flray, especially as fcypea of coins mi their values vary in Jiffereat locniitios. Th© l a a l i e r l ems aaanaaal aal asked to Hbuy ease aaafe," and given a five dollar b i l l to ©x-aaange, aaich, strange to say, aauli yield enough for hotel b i l l and incidental expenaea to Talku* He IcokeS at i t and said, "|ln£ ICua?" (feglish -Bank Note.) I aaii. "Shin"'" CTes.J Then he asked if I had a ' t a Ku.cf aae (French Bank Mote.) Quickly aene*n*"why' the preference, I found a French one ®n3. traded with him. He was gain* to the railway station to cash i t , and,as i t tma a French r««3, l French b i l l waul* fee nm% aeeefteblt:, Mentioning this incident se^ms t r i f S a l , but i t W ^ i to be af l ^ e W * . Only a "few lays after reaching my destination the PatiaK eail* nan«r . r n . . . ^ --** ^ Z the French Baal hswe eleaei.* tt tas «a»th! * ..'I I «<*«*«** that The laara oi from thai laaraa ^wTtLw^A m^Vou' u ~ I l ^ a a l S S ^ 2 " F r " ? ana I had had was the one ©change* at fftaa! *^ " ' ^ ^ t h ^ ^i e ? * F r e n ch hM * . l t « . tnm hii bHkrtJhitf 3t "" *Sr9 * the r0a:i a11 ^ |