So these two men were also put on their trial, with the result that one was found guilty and was equally condemned to death.

As if this were not sufficient, at the execution the mother of one of the prisoners, when she saw her son's head fall beneath the knife, gave a loud scream and fell down stone-dead.

Nine lives were sacrificed in this tragedy: the woman who was stabbed recovered of her wound.
Hsiakwan was crowded, as it was market day.

We had lunch together at a Chinese restaurant, and then, my men having come up, the kind missionaries returned, and I went on alone.

A river, the Yangki River, drains the Tali Lake, and, leaving the south-west corner of the lake, flows through the town of Hsiakwan, and so on west to join the Mekong.
For three days the river would be our guide.