ISO Miscellaneous. 



up to form a gorge, and surrounded by a ditch, or by constructing a 



block house on a hill which is included within the walls, and which 

 overlooks the city, Tins-hae could be successfully defended by a small 

 garrison against any surprize by Chinese troops. 



Ting-hae is considered as belonging only to the third class of Chinese 

 cities, and the style of its streets and habitations does not induce the 

 belief that its inhabitants are wealthy, or that they comprise amongst 

 their numbers many of the better class. It contains four principal temples. 

 or Joss houses, some of which exhibit considerable magnificence in de- 

 coration, and skill in the sculptured figures which are preserved in them, 

 also several smaller ones and places for theatrical exhibitions, three 

 arsenals, one stove for gunpowder, and one or two rather extensive 

 buildings for the public service and principal Mandarin's dwellings. 



.Bays, GuJphs. \c. — Ting-hae v or Chusan bay) on the South coast, and 

 Sin-kong on the Western. Of the former a detailed description is un- 

 necessary, as the advantages it possesses from its perfectly landlocked 

 situation and excellent anchorage are now generally well known, The 

 bav of Sin-kona; is formed bv an arm of the sea or strait as it were, 

 about 6 to 800 yards in breadth, and six to seven miles in length, having 

 an excellent entrance channel both from the North and South, and good 

 anchorage for the largest class of vessels throughout its whole extent, 

 beiui perfectly sheltered in most parts by high land. There are seve- 

 ral springs of good water in the neighbourhood of the town (or village) 

 of Sin-kong. and every facility is afforded for building docks and slips, 

 and for its establishment as a favorable depot for trade. The neighbour- 

 ing portion of the Island is hilly and rather barren, but the advantages 

 from its immediate vicinity to the Chinese coast, and the little danger 

 attendina; a ship's passage into it which it possesses over the bay of 

 Ting-hae, may be considered as sufficient to point it out as a more favor- 

 able site for a port. On the main coast, immediately opposite, and 

 distant only 10 to 15 miles, are Chin-hae on the Xingpo-river. into which 

 a large portion of the southern trade appears to pour. Cha-poo. frequent- 

 ed by the richly-laden Japan and Corea junks, and Hang Chou foo, the 

 second city in point of commercial importance in the empire : nine 

 miles to the northward is the mouth of the important river the 

 Yang-tze Keang. Ships approaching from the southward after rounding 

 Kee-to point by a safe passage have only to steer westward round 

 Poplar Island, and. with the tide enter Sin-kong harbour with the 

 greatest security. 



Hirers — There are none, but streamlets descending to all points of 

 the Island, and plentifully watering its numerous and beautiful vallies. 



