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• Before we were fairly out of the "Golden Gate," we were treated every day with salted mackerel, which I took to be the daily and fashionable dish of Nantucket. The cook we had made matters worse, as he did not seem to know his business and was no doubt picked up in San Francisco just to fill the vacancy. The mackerel was cooked and brought on the table without being freshened, and the Indian meal cakes that were served with it, were but half baked, so that day after day we practically all left the table disgusted and half starved. Not only was the food bad and unhealthy, but the skipper's family was of a very low type. The skipper himself was a most profane man, and although I never heard the wife swear, yet she seemed to enjoy her husband's oaths. Their little boy who was not more than... (查看原文)

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• 一八七五年赴美留学的幼童之一梁丕旭（诚），和全体幼童一道被撤回国后，于一八八二年三月六日从天津写给美国朋友Shaw一封信。信中叙说他回国后所受的待遇和苦恼道： 我们回到中国后，真的感到失望和沮丧。苛刻的待遇使我难以形容。……十月六日，我们返抵中国，到达上海，乘独轮车去上海内城，被送往一个长年封闭的潮湿的旧楼房中。…中国官吏靠贪污为生，层层克扣，（给我们的补助和食宿费用）转到我们时，已经只剩下极少的数目。几位同学已在那大楼中病倒，因此疟疾立刻流行起来。........ 高级官员给我们两次考试。他们之中只有一两位懂英文。…十ー月ニ日，我们一行九人来到这所海军学校，是因为考试官党得我们最适合学海军，却不问我们个人的志愿如何。（这里的）中国教习不知如何施教， 我们常发现他做几何及代数时也造成不必要的问题，他照书本一字字往下念。““学校及天津兵工厂均有土培围绕，我们在五年之内只许外出三次“时强…将在此地受到的强横待遇与当年在美国所受到的朋友们的细心照顾相比，我只有叹息：上帝呀！这还要有多久 (查看原文)

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