...perseverance were required to get up sufficient of these piles to clear a passage broad enough fcr the steamer to pass. This was only accomplished after...villages through which the little expedition had passed.* A little above this obstruction a large chop-house or mandarin-station came into view, with a mandarin-barge...

...new stakes, with sunken junks between their lines. These were surmounted with difficulty ; and it ' was only accomplished after four hours' hard work,...even venturing to come on board the steamer itself.' In the course of this day a large mandarin station was destroyed, and she came to anchor for the night....

...surmounted with difficulty ; and it ' was only accomplished after four hours' hard work, in which, oddlr enough, the Chinese peasantry bore an active part,...even venturing to come on board the steamer itself.' In the course of this day a large mandarin station was destroyed, and she came to anchor for the night....

...new stakes, with sunken junks between their lines. These were surmounted with difficulty, and it ' was only accomplished after four hours' hard work,...even venturing to come on board the steamer itself.' In the course of this day a large mandarin station was destroyed, and she came to anchor for the night....

...new stakes, with sunken junks between their lines. These were surmounted with difficulty ; and it " was only accomplished after four hours' hard work,...voluntarily coming forward to assist, and even venturing ю come on board the steamer itself." In the courte of this day a large mandarin station was destroyed,...