As no meana were " ''irowdad for ventilatiolo, excepting the open '^S^mi^f;4hy^66r,hpw:.aiid again, it waa a 1 '/> vXffififißffii .OiOoatta ,hole.- .After a brief chat llUa^he eeleatial who preBi(J?a dyer the Bank, C "M Vi«a^who:9xplßined to, 08 the Wateriea of the ,• la«n^:#e'3^k om, leave, the .\ ' > aameMte^ breathing auoh an atmosphtte for • ,4anminutea 8,9 il we had beea treated to a v > ■?'if-jjS tih&ot* of ipecacuanha. Proceeding a little -•■•: -- : *: !/^^i^r, ) d6wn a narrow ditty lane, with no ..^V' I '';'^'jjiunp^o.b'teak its gloom, we entered a second .:'. ■' ■' I ,«'^n«mfint,-'«<iuall7 crowded by a aimilar olaaa eagerly playiog the same game. :; : ;-;y,:7^jj^ ; 4e|eotivegaide being at once recognised, ■; ; :--"--/ ; ;*'>tt^ : #'a'B : a-lall.in the play, but on being - :- : f>'i : «a»pred.;that' oar visit was friendly and uaoffi v .'■■■ on , and caßh changed hands. 9 C "^X|jpigj|iig •'thia.-xoom, and separated Irom it passage, we reached the -■■'^vV'^'ll&^^e where 'cooking arrangementß were being

articles of ddnsuthptioh. f -We '**•"_» exf- TOjlSotir way;up; a narrow steep stair to : the *'§%eona-etor6y. The first. bedroom. entered .we. found oooupied by two European girls and two Chinamen,; sitting on oouohes smoking opium in long pipes used for tbo purpose. One of these girls told us that she had been in the habit of using opium in this form for seven years, and now found it impossible to do without it. On our asking if they knew how the habitual use of this potent drug utterly broke down the nerve system, render ing life -wretched, and prematurely destroying it, they lightly replied that they did. The*] accepted the consequences. And here were these Mongolians who had taught them the enslaving and destructive habit, and probably will delude and teaoh similar viotims, for a like base purpose, quite cheerful over their diabolical business. I may say here, that this waß a type of many similar bedrooms that we visited* Bedrooms is a misnomer, for there were no beds. There were what might be oalled shelvs, one above another, about two feet apart, on which they slept, like bales ot oloth on the shelves of a draper's shop ; or like the niohos in an Egyptian mummy vault. In a small room of six by eight, a number of these oreatures Bleep, with absolutely no Ventilation. 