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Show PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN 1 at the scampering objed. For a moment I thought th intruder a small mouse or bat, but after my companio had pinned the creature to the wooden table top with th sharp point of his fruit knife, I was relieved tosee that ou harmless interloper was nothing more than a corpulen Asiatic cockroach, the prototype of the American insect but in Asia these pests haveawell-rounded back covere with short black fur like that ofa bat. They are consider ably larger and bolder than our Occidental species Regardless of our lack of language communicatio Mr. Wong and I were most congenial travelling companions; he explained to me the cultivation, packing, an selling of tea, while I, in turn, made effort to enlighte him regarding the manufacture of paper, both by han and by machine. I wasgenuinely sorry to have my frien leave the ship at the south China free port of Kouang Tcheou-Wan, only two days after we had come aboar the ship in the harbour of Hongkong The ship rode at anchor about a mile from the wate front of Kouang-Tcheou-Wan for the entire day. Pas sengers began coming aboard by all manner of craft, launches, junks, barges, and rowboats, and I looked i vain for another companion who might share with m the dismal and lonesome dining room and in a measur fill the place of the departed Mr. Wong. Bvery perso comingaboard the ship was searched for weapons soan pirates disguised as passengers might be apprehende and dealt with according to the rules of the sea. Orienta Digital Image © 2006 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |
