"A Beggar Boat at Nanking. The Woman is asking that money be put in the bag at the end of the pole." Two women and one child are in a small boat in open water. The older woman is reaching a long bamboo pole up towards the photographer, who probably was standing on a larger boat or on a bridge.
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