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bear & a small species of [[mutyjau?]] different from the common one.  The [[Drovchow?]] language extends only about 20 miles in a radius from the city beyond which to the north there is Amoy language which is very different & cannot be understood by the Methodist missionaries or the Foochow chinamen.  The difference is as great as between English & French.  This sort of language difference extends all over China.  The Mandarin or official Chinese is understood by Educated Chinese in cities to a few individuals only however & is not understood in the country by coolies at all.  There are seven different tones in Foochow for each word giving it very different meanings & this makes the language very difficult for a foreigner. In other Chinese dialects there are usually only 5 tones.

(25) Took up all the traps & moved camp over to Ling [[Suih?]] monastery.  The tigers did not 

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