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then he fell into the muddy creek ten feet below.  He waded ashore & began feeding uninjured.  My coat & gun were quite wet.  We reached the temple [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] outside the city wall & camped, then we called on Miss Morgan who is conducting an independent mission in the town.  She is the only white person there but has several Chinese men & women who assist her.  The whole mission is conducted on $200.00 gold a year.  She has lived in Chou Hsiang 3 years & only seen 3 or 4 Europeans in that time.  The people of the village are all Chinese & speak mandarin.  The Chinese are all averse to leaving home and most of them in their own village will work for their neighbors for their food & clothing.  When taken abroad they demand high salaries however.  We took dinner at Miss Morgan's where we had stewed chicken, [[strikethrough]] & she [[/strikethrough]] with chestnuts &