Contents. 



VII 



the Pbilippiues. — Monument in honour of MagelhaiJns. — The " Calzada." — 

 Cock-fighting. — " Fiestas llcales." — Causes of the languid trade with Europe 

 hitherto. — Visit to the Cigar-manufactories. — Tobacco cultivation in Luzon 

 and at the Havanna. — Abaca, or Manila hemp. — Excursion to the " Laguna 

 do Bay." — A row on the river Pasig. — The village of Patero. — Wild-duck 

 breeding. — Sail on the Lagoon. — Plans for canalization. — Arrival at Los 

 Banos. — Canoe-trip on the "enchanted sea." — Alligators. — Kalong Bats. — 

 Gobernador and Gobernadorcillo. — The Poll-tax. — A hunt in the swamps of 

 Calamba. — Padre Lorenzo. — lleturn to Manila. — The " Pebete." — The mili- 

 tary Library. — The civil and military Hospital. — Ecclesiastical processions. — 

 Ave Maria. — Tagalian merriness. — Condiman.— Lunatic Asylum. — Gigantic 

 serpent thirty-two years old. — Departure. — Chinese pilots. — First glimpse of 

 the coasts of the Celestial Empire. — The Lemmas Channel. — Arrival in Hong- 

 kong Harbour 281 



CHAPTER XIV. 



HONG-KONG. 



Rapid increase of the colony of Victoria or Hong-kong. — Disagreeables. — Public 

 character. — The Comprador, or "factotum." — A Chinese fortune-teller. — 

 Curiosity-stalls. — The To-stone. — Pictures on so-called "rice-paper." — Canton 

 English.— Notices on the Chinese language and mode of writing. — Manufac- 

 ture of ink. — Hospitality of German missionaries. — The custom of exposing 

 and murdering female children. — Method of dwarfing the female foot. — Sir 

 John Bowriug. — Branch Institute of the Royal Asiatic Society. — An ecclesi- 

 astical dignitary on the study of natural sciences. — The Chinese in the East 

 Indies. — Green indigo or Lu-Kao. — Kind reception by German countrymen. 

 — Anthropometrical measurements. — Ramble to Little Hong-kong. — Excur- 

 sion to Canton on board H. M. gun-boat Alger'me. — A day at the English 

 head-quarters. — The Treaty of Tien-Tsin. — Visit to the Portuguese settlement 

 of Macao. — Herr von Carlowitz. — Camoens' Grotto. — Church for Protestants. 

 — Pagoda Makok. — Dr. Kane.— Present position of the colony. — Slave-trade 

 revived under the name of Chinese emigration. — Excursions round Macao. — 

 The Isthmus. — Chinese graves. — Praya Granite. — A Chinese physician.— 

 Singing stones. — Departure. — GutzlafF's Island. — Voyage up the Yang-tse- 

 Kiang. — Wusung. — Arrival at Shanghai 355 



CHAPTER XV. 



SHANGHAI. 



A stroll through the old Chinese quarter. — Book-stalls.— Public Baths. — Chinese 

 Pawnbrokers. — Foundling hospital. — The Hall of Universal Benevolence. — 



