THE CHINESE: 

 INLAND, ON THE COAST, AND AT SEA. 



CHAPTEE I. 



Arrival at Slianghae — Kindness of Mr. Beale — An earthquake — 

 Chinese superstitions — Hairs said to come out of the ground — An 

 examination and the result — Reports of a sunken village — Pre- 

 parations to visit it — Contradictory statements — The truth at last ! 



— The Chinese rebellion — Its rise and progress — Taking of 

 Nanking — Alarm at Shanghae — Means taken for protection — 

 Taoutai's request for foreign aid — Sir George Bonham proceeds to 

 Nanking — Arrogance of the insurgents — War- vessels of America 

 and France visit them — The religion of the insurgents fanaticism 



— An extraordinary official statement — Future prospects as regards 

 Christianity. 



On the 14th of March, 1853, the Peninsular and 

 Oriental steam-ship " Granges," in which I was a 

 passenger, sailed from Hong-kong for the port of 

 Shanghae — the most northerly of the five at which 

 foreigners are permitted to trade. The wind for 

 the most part of the way was " right a-head," and 

 sometimes it blew almost a gale ; but the good 

 ship, being powerful for her size, and well found in 

 everything, ploughed the ocean " like a thing of 

 life," and notwithstanding head winds and heavy 

 seas we anchored in the Shanghae river four days 



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