During 1864, the rebels, under Li Shih-hsien and others, numbering “scores of myriads,” again invaded Kiangsi, and were joined by the remnants of the rebel forces from Soochow and Changchow. Fuchien and the neighbouring prefectures were completely over run by them, and people feared that the horrors of 1855 were about to be repeated.

My friend, aptly nicknamed Shorty

A browful of horns ripped through peagreen minty foliage.

Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...