The ecomodernists talk of “unproductive, small-scale farming” and claim that “urbanisation and agricultural intensification go hand in hand.”

Also, I introduced him to crayons. Bought the Crayola beginner set—the short, fat, thick ones with training wheels.

Mr. Ware arranged that we should call on the way at several out-stations in his district. This made it needful for us to go partly by water and partly by land. The first place which we wished to visit is Tsungming. This is a large island in the mouth of the Yangtsze, with a population of a million.

He is the harnesser of energy, the leader and organizer, the creator of order.