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Updated: June 7, 2025
Whatever the relative frequency of infanticide in China and Europe may be, it cannot, I think, admit of question that the crime of infanticide is less common among the barbarian Chinese than is the crime of foeticide among the highly civilised races of Europe and America. There are several temples in Tongchuan, and two beyond the walls which are of more than ordinary interest.
The yamen is a model of neatness. Painted on the outflanking wall there is the usual huge representation of the fabulous monster attempting to swallow the sun the admonition against extortion and probably the only magistrate in China who does not stand in need of the warning is the Prefect of Tongchuan. Prices in Tongchuan at the time of my visit were high and food was scarce.
His is a pretty mission, built in the Chinese style, with a modest little church and a nice garden and summer-house. The father has been four years in Tongchuan and ten in China. Like most of the French priests in China he has succeeded in growing a prodigious beard whose imposing length adds to his influence among the Chinese, who are apt to estimate age by the length of the beard.
There was no written agreement of any kind none of the three men could read; they did not even see the money that the missionary was to get for them; but they had absolute confidence in our good faith. I had a mule with me from Tongchuan to Yunnan, which saved me many miles of walking, and increased my importance in the eyes of the heathen. I was taking it to the capital for sale.
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