364 SAIL FOR FOO-CHOW-FOO. [Cuar. XX. 
CHAP. XX. 
SAIL FOR FOO-CHOW-FOO ON THE RIVER MIN.— NOVEL MODE OF 
ENGAGING A PILOT.— ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER — SCENERY ON 
ITS BANKS.—BRIDGE OF FOO-CHOW-FOO.——CHINESE CHAIRMEN, 
—INSULTS RECEIVED FROM THE NATIVES.—CITY AND SUBURBS. 
DARINS. — LEAVE FOO-CHOW-FOO FOR THE TEA HILLS. — 
MOUNTAIN SCENERY DESCRIBED. — BLACK-TEA DISTRICTS. —— 
FLORA OF THE HILLS.— AGRICULTURE OF THE DISTRICT.— 
NATIVE FRUIT.—OLIMATE AND TEMPERATURE. 
Wuen I had finished my business in Shanghae, I 
left that city, and sailed for Foo-chow-foo, on the 
river Min. Foo-chow-foo is the capital of the pro- 
vince of Fokien, situated in 25° 30’ N. latitude, 
near the celebrated Bohea hills, and about half way 
between Chusan and Canton. On approaching 
the entrance to the Min, we anchored under the 
lee of some islands named the White Dogs, for 
the purpose of procuring a fisherman who could 
pilot the vessel into the river, as the entrance is 
rather difficult for a stranger, having been until very 
lately but imperfectly surveyed. Going to the 
shore for that purpose in the ship’s boat, we found 
a small fishing village inhabited by men and boys, 
most of whom had a piratical and forbidding 
