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SIMILARITY OF CHINESE CITIES. 331<br />

A GENTLEMAN OF CIIIN-KIANG.<br />

features <strong>of</strong> Cli<strong>in</strong>-kiang, as I Iiad already taken a walk <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese part<br />

<strong>of</strong> Shanghai.<br />

" Everybody says that one Ch<strong>in</strong>ese town is so n<strong>in</strong>ch like ano<strong>the</strong>r that<br />

a s<strong>in</strong>gle one will do for a sample. This is nndoubtedly true <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, but yon should make exceptions <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> Canton and<br />

Pek<strong>in</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y are <strong>of</strong> extra importance; and as one is <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> extreme north,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> far south, <strong>the</strong>y have dist<strong>in</strong>ctive features <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own.<br />

We shall have a chance to talk about <strong>the</strong>m by -and -by. As for Cli<strong>in</strong>-<br />

kiang, I did not see anyth<strong>in</strong>g worth notice while walk<strong>in</strong>g through it that<br />

I had not already seen at Shanghai, except, perhaps, that <strong>the</strong> dogs barked<br />

at us, and <strong>the</strong> cats rufHed <strong>the</strong>ir backs and tails, and fled from us as though<br />

we were bull-dogs. A pony tried to kick Fred as he walked by <strong>the</strong> brute,

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