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my friend using his own powers in climbing into the boat, and 

 afterwards hauling out the sailor ; flatly refusing, personally, to lend 

 a hand in any way. 



A most curious case this ! marking as it did the stubborn 

 unreasoning will, of an incorrigible heathen. 



This man bore no malice, far from it he had always been 

 treated with the greatest kindness; besides being entirely dependent 

 for his wages, nay ! almost for his very livelihood, to the bounty of 

 the officers and crews of each succeeding man-of-war arriving at 

 Shanghai. He was a fat good-natured little fellow, rejoicing in the 

 name of " Cheese-eye Tom " ; and as he afterwards with a merry 

 smile on his face, frankly admitted, he was " velly solly ! " but it 

 was against his creed (Fen-shui I ) and therefore, " he no can ! " 



Mr. L , carpenter of the " Egeria," had been drowned in this 

 river a short time before : his body was never recovered. 



HOIHOW, ISLAND OF HAINAN. 



So far as shooting goes in China, I really think that this place, 

 for affording general sport, is out and out the best ; its great charm 

 being the large variety of small game to be met with in different 

 parts of the island : namely, partridges, jungle fowl, snipe, wood- 

 cock, golden plover, hares, quail, geese, deer, and pig. 



I do not think that the exact whereabouts of Hoihow is generally 

 known ; but it has the unenviable notoriety of being situated in 



