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CHAP. I.] NEWCHWANG. 7

and Japan on the other gave it a military and

political importance, the extent of which may

be even better appreciated to-day than twelve

years ago, we felt that time spent in such a

country could not possibly be wasted.

On March 19, 1886, we left Calcutta, and

early in May found ourselves at Newchwang,

the treaty port of Manchuria. This was to be

the base of operations, and we were fortunate

enough to be joined here by Mr. H. Fulford,

of the Chinese Consular Service, an officer who

spoke Chinese thoroughly well, knew all the

customs of the country, and was able to give

us that assistance which as strangers in the

land we so much needed.

It is not, however, my intention to give a

full detailed account of our journey in Man-

churia, for that has already been done by Mr.

James in his book, " The Long White Moun-

tain," in which will be found not only a

description of our travels, but a fund of in-

formation about the history, the religion, and

the customs of the people. I shall merely

supplement his more important work with a

few of the impressions which were left upon

me personally.

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