I shall be eight years old next month. I came here from
Massachusetts a year ago with my mamma and two little brothers to
stay with my papa, who has been in Foochow a good many years. Our
house is on the river, and we can see a great many sampans and
junks. When we go out to ride, we go in a chair on two poles, and
it is carried by two or three coolies. We had ten rabbits, but we
gave away the three old ones, and now have the seven young ones
left. It is not cold enough for snow or ice here, so there is no
chance for coasting or sliding, but the flowers blossom all winter.
I am getting a lot of nice stamps for my book; I have over three
hundred. I like HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and get two or
three by every mail, twice a month.