visel carried down by the bravery to which is now in flood. The, broken its banks throwned hundreds of Chinese south of Tientsin. We reached the bar at 10 A.M. and dropped anchor to await high tide for crowd. The bar has recently settled up, and now only very shallow-draft vessel can cross. The Tsiang-hou discharged all her cargo into lighters to allow her to cross, but at 2 P.M. it was very muddy the water for shallow-draft vessels remained at anchor for the whole day but will cross to night at 3 A.M., high tide. The shore line with a few buildings near Takan is just visible. 17 This morning at 3 A.M., the steamer crossed the bar