in the gulches, but land chiefly grass covered & denuded trees. Country back of Tsinmin a great plain with rocky ridges far inland. Two large towns some 30 miles up the river supply the port with trade. Streets about forty metres wide & neat. Houses of several stories as in Kowloon. Steamers bring bean-cakes chiefly as imports from other Chinese ports. Or fruit market I saw loachis, pomegranates, yellow melons, mangoes, bananas, pears, grape-fruits, but no vegetables practically, brass-work, pewter, lac, & porcelain is manufactured here. Many pomegranates seen in blossom. Left port at 5:30 P.M. weather clear.