30 TOWN OF CHUCKCHEW. [Cuap. IIT. 
CHAP. III. 
LEAVE HONG-KONG FOR AMOY.— OPIUM STATION AT NAMOA.— 
TRY AMONGST THE PEOPLE. — THE WANT OF A TAIL.— 
E A 
ISLAND. — BOTANY AND BIRDS. — VISIT TO ONE OF THE CHIEF 
MANDARINS. — HIS HOUSE AND GROUNDS. 
I terr the pleasant bay of Hong-kong on the 23d 
of August, and sailed for Amoy. As we came 
out of the harbour by the western entrance, and 
rounded the south side of the island, I had an ex- 
cellent view of the little town of Chuckchew, and ~ 
the military station established there. The town, © 
or village, for it is but a small place, is pleasantly | 
situated on the shores of a deep bay, and fully ex- 
posed to the refreshing breezes of the south-west 
monsoon, and is generally considered much more 
healthy than the town of Victoria, on the opposite 
side of the island. 
It was now my lot to be seized with that dread- 
ful fever, which I have already noticed, as so pre- 
