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up. Wetooka launch from here & journey up river
1 1/2 has, & arrived at Foochow at 1 P.M. The river is subject to tide as [[far?]] as Foochow but it is shallow in many places. The city has small narrow streets paved by large flat blocks of granite. [[strikethrough]]The fields about the[[/strikethrough]]The population is about 1,000,000. Many of the people live on boat in the river +never come ashore. They have lived this way on the water for many generations. About the city are rice fields where they grow 2 crops of rice a year. The first crop is already harvested +the second one is growing well being planted before the first is harvested. In the winter they often plant wheat in these same fields making 3 crops a year. The land is heavily fertilized to stand [[pucha?]] drain. The climate to [[?]] the humidity, [[strikeyhrough]]usually [[/strikethrough]] always [?], the yen [named?], 

Transcription Notes:
Foochow = Fuzhou