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Sacrificial Hall of Medical Taculty. — City prison. — Temple of the Goddess of 

 the Sea. — Chinese taverns. — Tea-garden. — Temple of Buddha. — Temple of 

 Confucius. — Taouist convent. — Chinese nuns. — An apothecary's store, and 

 what is sold therein. — Public schools. — Christian places of worship. — Native 

 industry. — Cenotaphs to the memory of beneficent females. — A Chinese pa- 

 trician family. — The villas of the foreign merchants. — Activity of the London 

 Missionary Society. — Dr. Hobson. — Chinese medical works. — Leprosy. — The 

 American Missionary Society. — Dr. Bridgman. — Main-tze tribe. — Mission 

 schools for Chinese boys and girls. — The North-China branch of the Royal Asi- 

 atic Society. — Meeting in honour of the Members of the Novara Expedition. 

 — Mons. de Montigny. — Baron Gros. — Interview with the Tau-Tai, or chief 

 Chinese official of the city. — The Jesuit mission at Sikkawei. — The Pagoda of 

 Long-Sah. — A Chinese dinner. — Serenade by the German singing-club. — The 

 Germans in China. — Influence of the Treaties of Tien-Tsiu and Pekiu upon 

 commerce. — Silk. — Tea. — The Chinese sugar-cane. — Various species of Bam- 

 ' boos employed in the manufacture of paper. — The varnish-tree. — The tallow- 

 tree. — The wax-tree. — Mosquito tobacco. — Articles of import. — Opium. — The 

 Tai-ping rebels. — Departure from Slianghai. — A typhoon in the China sea. — 

 Sight the island of Puynipet in the Caroline Archipelago .... 416 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE ISLAND OF PUYNIPET. 



Native boats in sight. — A pilot comes on board — Communications of a white settler. 

 — Another pilot. — Eruitless attempts to tack for the island. — Boankiddi Har- 

 bour. — Extreme difficulty in effecting a landing with the boats.— Settlement 

 of Rei. — Dr. Cook. — Stroll through the forest. — Excursions up the Roankiddi 

 River. — American missionaries. — Visit from the king of the Roankiddi tribe. 

 — Kawa as a beverage. — Interior of the royal abode. — The Queen. — Mode of 

 living, habits and customs of the natives. — Their religion and mode of wor- 

 ship. — Their festivals and dances. — Ancient monumental records and their 

 probable origin. — Importance of these in both a historical and geological point 

 of view. — Return on board. — Suspicious conduct of the white settler. — An 

 asylum for contented delinquents. — Under weigh for Australia. — Belt of 

 calms. — Simpson Island. — "It must be a ghost ! "-r- Bradley Reef. — A 

 Comet. — The Solomon Islands. — Rencontre with the natives of Malayta. — In 

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CHAPTER XVII. 



THE CORAL ISLAND OF SIKAYANA. 



Natives on board. -Good prospects of fresh provisions. — An interment on board. 



