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The first consignment was held up and confiscated, and then began a struggle between the wits of the merchants and the authority of the central Government, the former rendered desperate by the immense sums at stake, and the latter weakened by the venality and corruption of the officials — a struggle which throws many sidelights on present NOTES FROM A FRONTIER 29 Chinese thought and methods, and which would he ludicrous but for the gravity of the principle at issue. At the time of writing the h...onours rest entirely with the merchants, and the bulk of the crop has already been safely transported past the barriers to Yachow and disposed of there. As a complete proof of this, the price in Ningyiian Fu has risen to 1,140 cash per ounce, and stocks have been greatly depleted. Not a single package has passed the little ferry over the T'ung openly, but the situation has provided ample scope for those complicated and ingenious devices, in the employment of which the Chinese mind excels. Two methods have been adopted.
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