The jingle of ricksha bells blended with car horns, the come-ons of street peddlers, a woman’s laughter, music from a nearby bar.

Then set him up in a ricksha, place a lighted cigarette between his lips, run him down to the river, and throw him in.

The French, which lies by the Chinese outside-settlement, was rather badly kept, and even a British "ricksha" was not permitted to cross the French line.