very active. Here saw for the first time children with floats attached to their backs, this custom I have heard of as a general gaffair in China but I first saw it with it today. Child of 3 to 5 years have a good strap on to their back to float them if they tumble overboard. Smaller children are tied inside the boat. Both ropes are then safeguarded tied only on the body as is often reported. Near the mouth of the river are several large rounded granite islands, those here being evenly rounded with great smooth sides of gray granite, grey bush covered summits and shore line. Several of them