194 Miscellanies. 
leader is the largest individual in the whole swarm, and that the rest 
follow all his motions. Some stragglers have made their appearance 
in the hongs, which were from two and a half to three inches long, 
strongly limbed, and agreed with the popular description given of 
the Egyptian locusts. The natives regard the insect, when depriv- 
ed of the abdomen and properly cooked, as passable eating, though 
they do not appear to holda dish of locusts in much estimation.—ib. 
20. Memorandum of an excursion to the tea hills, which produce 
the description of tea known in commerce under the designation of 
Ankoy (Nganke) tea; by G. J. Gorpon, Esq.—* Having been 
disappointed in my expectations of being enabled to visit the Bohea 
hills, I was particularly anxious to have an opportunity of personally 
inspecting the tea plantations in the black tea district, of the next 
greatest celebrity, in order to satisfy myself regarding several points 
relative to the cultivation, on which the information afforded by dif- 
ferent individuals was imperfect or discordant. 
“Mr. Gutzlaff accordingly took considerable pains to ascertain for 
me, from the persons who visited the ship, the most eligible place 
for landing with the view of visiting the Ankoy hills ; and Hwuy- 
tow bay was at length fixed upon as the most safe and convenient, 
both from its being out of the way of observation of any high Chi- 
nese functionaries who might be desirous of thwarting our project, 
and from its being equally near the tea hills as any other part of the 
coast at which we could land.” 
** The wind being unfavorable, we made rather slow progress by 
rowing, but taking for our guidance the masts of some of the junks 
which we observed lying behind a point of land, we pulled to get 
under it, in order to avoid the strength of the ebb tide, which was 
now setting against us. In attempting to round the point, however, 
we grounded, and soon found that it was impossible to get into the 
river on that side, on account of sand banks which were merely cov- 
ered at high water, and that it was necessary to make a considera- 
ble circuit seaward to be able to enter. This we accomplished, but 
not till 1, A. M. At this time a light breeze fortunately springing 
up, we got on very well for some time, but were again obliged to 
anchor at 4 past 2, from want of water. As the tide rose, we grad- 
ually advanced towards the town of Hwuytow, till we came to one 
of those bridges of which there are several along the coast, that eX- 
tend over wide sand flats that are formed at the mouths of the rivers- 
