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CHAPTER V, 



Leave Macao for Whampoa — Entrance to the Bocca Tigris 

 — Country about Chuen, pee — Scene at Whampoa — Ap- 

 proach to Canton — The town and suburbs — The sailor's 

 cofFee-shop — SelHngby weight — Dwarf orange trees — The 

 tea shrub — Visit to the celebrated Fa-tee gardens — Topics 

 of conversation — Exaggeration — Rambles in the suburbs — 

 The city-gate — Manufactories — Sandal-wood. 



On the 16th of October I left Macao for the 

 " Cum, sing, moon," and the following morning- 

 sailed in the Lady Hayes, Captain Hector, for 

 Whampoa, which afforded me an excellent 

 opportunity of viewing the scenery of the river. 

 We passed the island of Lintin, off which, (in the 

 roadstead, on the north-west side,) a number of 

 ships were lying at anchor. About ten p. m. 

 we anchored off Chuen, pee, for the night. On 

 the morning following, as soon as the tide was 

 favourable, we were again under weigh, and about 



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