242 SHANGHAE. [Cuapr. XII. 
CHAP. XIII. 
SHANGHAE IN 1844.—ITS GARDENS AND PLANTS. — START FOR 
THE HILLS IN THE INTERIOR.—CANALS AND BRIDGES.—AD- 
VENTURE WITH MY PONY.— THE “ TEIN-CHING,” OR BLUE DYE, 
FOUND. — HILLS AND THEIR VEGETATION DESCRIBED — THE 
SURPRISE OF THE NATIVES ON SEEING A FOREIGNER. — THEIR 
CURIOSITY AND HONESTY !— PLANTS SENT TO ENGLAND. — 
ANOTHER JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR. — SOME LARGE NORTH- 
ERN CITIES NOTICED. — A MIDNIGHT VISIT FROM THIEVES. —THE 
FAR-FAMED CITY OF 800-CHOW-FOO VISITED. — A DESCRIPTION 
OF IT. —NEW PLANTS FOUND.— CENTRAL POSITION OF S00- 
CHOW AS A PLACE OF TRADE, — BATHS FOR THE MILLION. — 
RETURN TO SHANGHAE. 
I acai visited Shanghae on the 18th of April, 
1844, and spent two or three weeks there at 
different times. My principal object was to see all 
the plants in the different northern districts as they 
came into flower, and it was therefore necessary 
that I should stay as short a time as possible in 
each place. I have mentioned that I purchased a 
collection of Tree Pwonies during my first visit to 
Shanghae in the winter of 1843, which were said 
to be very splendid things, and entirely different in 
colour from any plants of the kind which were 
known in England. I had of course, at that time, 
no opportunity of seeing their flowers, and was now, 
therefore, particularly anxious to get some which 
were in bloom, and had intended to send my old 
friend back again to Soo-chow for another collection, 
