The grand grey city of Chungching (to which Mr. Little succeeded in taking up a steamer) and many another in the Yangtsze Valley owe absolutely nothing to the foreigner or foreign influence, and in no city in Europe, writes the distinguished correspondent of the Times, Dr. Morrison, is security to life and property better guarded than in Chungking.

It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences.

a country subject to extreme heat

Horse-hide coats are common, but real honest t' God fur bennies are very, very scarce.