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 THE WEST GATE OF HANGCHOW.

of the friendliest cities to the foreigner. The cry of "Foreign devil!" is never heard within its walls. The people have had time to learn how much they profit by the trade the foreigner brings, and by the efforts of the missionaries to ameliorate the condition of the very poor by their hospitals. Hangchow is a great centre of the silk trade. The whole city, which has a population of 700,000, and the principal street of which is five miles long, is surrounded by a wall faced with hewn stone, such as is shown in the photograph. It is pierced by many gates. It is a treaty port, two days' journey from the great foreign settlement of Shanghai.