Kiukiang

There was a story, reported by the North-China Daily News, of a customs officer in Kiukiang who was arrested for smuggling opium, when, in fact, his real crime was “being over-zealous in seeking out smuggled consignments.”

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Despite the tarpaulins the wet found its way in and soaked us to the skin, so that with daylight we were glad to make preparations for returning to Kiukiang.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

How she travelled the one hundred and twenty miles from Kiukiang to

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

At Kiukiang, where the vessel stopped, the lowdah and his men went ashore after receiving the gold dust and sycee shoes as their share of the plunder, while Wang, taking the junk and cargo as his portion, shipped a fresh crew and sailed on to Hankow, where he set up in business with the proceeds of his ill-gotten gains.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

Of her wanderings I could get no record, and she would probably, with Oriental inscrutability, have refused to even talk about them, but wherever else they may have led her, in the bitter winter of 1893 she was twenty miles up-river from Hukow at the open port of Kiukiang and alone, her child having perished by the way, begging food and prosecuting her inquiries.

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After prolonged deliberations amongst the authorities, it was decided that the prisoner should be beheaded at Kiukiang, that being the centre of the district in which his crime was committed.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

On arrival at Kiukiang by steamer you hire a chair with four bearers for the ten or twelve miles 'journey up the mountains, with additional coolies to carry your luggage.

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At Kiukiang, where I happened to be a few years later, the community was small, consisting of a few married couples and perhaps half a dozen bachelors.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

What her intentions then were I do not know, but a few days later, when returning at dusk from Kiukiang to the pagoda, she was stopped in

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready

Peking, the property of a Russian prince, and one with its foal, belonging to a native official at Kiukiang.

Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready