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0087 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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CHAP. III.]   MR. JAMES.   6i

sionary on his side will have been able to learn

something of the prejudices and difficulties of

the educated classes of the Chinese.

We could only spare one full day's halt at

Mukden, and we then pushed on to New-

chwang, where we arrived on December 19,

just seven months after we had left it.

At Newchwang our party broke up ; Mr.

James went off to Port Arthur and thence to

Japan, while Mr. Fulford and I proceeded to

Peking. After these years I feel strongly how

much I owe to Mr. James. It was through

him that I had thus gained my first experience

of real travelling, and, though I did not

appreciate it at the time, afterwards, when I

had myself to head an expedition, I realised

what sterling qualities of steady, dogged

perseverance he must have possessed to lead

our party successfully through the forests to

the mysterious Ever-White Mountain. And

I have never ceased to wonder that a man,-

who had held high offices in India and been

accustomed to the luxurious style of camp life

of an Indian civil officer, should in his holiday-

time choose to rough it as Mr. James did. As

I used to see him marching sturdily along