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be correct.  When I get home, I shall have some corrections to make in my catalogue, but it will be a real comfort to know that no future expert in examining the catalogue can drive a horse and cart through it.

Interesting collections of ancient Bronze and paintings and pottery, including the one most famous in China, that of Viceroy Tuan Fang, have been opened for my study as freely as in Europe or America, not withstanding all that has been reported from this country heretofore.

The Chinese high-class people are most generous and obliging to those in whom they have confidence. Globe trotters, and politicians like the prominent American from Hoosierdom recently here are not allowed to enter very deeply into anything precious to the Chinese but to those who sincerely desire information of a proper character every kindness is shown.