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boats. The bundles were supported on the ends of crossed poles on 

 the dikes to hold them out of the water to drv. 



Fig. 41. — A clump of bamlioo. Canton, China. A common ornamental plant. 



The gateway to south China is Hongkong, a very mountainous 

 island owned by the British, the peak being i,8oo feet high. There is 

 here a botanic garden and a herbarium. Canton lies up the river 

 west of Hongkong about 80 miles. Opposite Canton on the island of 

 Honam is the Canton Christian College, where Doctor Hitchcock 



