Alongside a canal, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1912

"1 -- From Jap (?) [illegible] boat towed by launch on Grand Canal between Yangtse and Yellow River. Canal level above land. Rice carried on donkey. Mud and straw hut -- sand will not make bricks -- timber frame. Feb 1912 -- D. S. D." View from the water of houses near the canal. A row of people and donkeys walk along the water