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keep her visitors keenly awake- Following the adjournment of the sensati-onal Assembly, came news of the breaking out of the Plague in north Manchuria - and now, unfortunately, it is spreading south and westward into Chili. Even here in Shanghai the foreigners are quite worried and already some are preparing to leave. I hope to close up my matters here early in February, and am now thinking of not venturing on to Hongkong and Canton, but instead go to Kioto for a few days, then to Yokohama and Tokio and then u back home- Nothing further can be done in the interior while the plague threatens, and I would greatly dislike being quarantined at Hongkong - Furthermore, while no further discomforting news comes from Kingston, I shall feel more comfortable as soon as I shall have turned my face homeward. With all good wishes to you and to your family Very sincerely yours, Charles L. Freer