CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTEK XIV. 



Season's collections shipped for India — Ancient porcelain vase — 

 Chinese dealers — Joined by two friends — Inland journey — 

 City of Yu-yaou — Fine rice district — Appearance and conduct 

 of natives — Laughable occurrence with an avaricious boatman 

 — Soil and rocks of district — Village of Ne-ka-loo and Chinese 

 inn — Shores of the bay of Hang-chow — Salt and its manu- 

 facture — Curious moonlight journey — Eapid tides — Passage 

 junk — Voyage across the bay — Chinese sailors — Arrive at 

 Kan-poo Page 294 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Tsien-tang river — Its eagre or " bore " — Appearance it pre- 

 sents — Effects it produces — Superstitions of the natives — 

 City of Kan-poo — Mentioned by Marco Polo — Its decay as a 

 maritime port — Another source of wealth — Its inhabitants — 

 Village of Luh-le-heen — Engage canal boats — Pass through 

 borders of silk country — City of Yuen-hwa — Supposed empo- 

 rium for " Yuen -fa'" silk — Geology of isolated hills — City of 

 Ping-hoo — Way to manage Chinese crowds — Shops and gar- 

 dens — A dangerous position — Arrive at Shanghae . . , . 316 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Leave Shanghae for the silk country — Melancholy results of the 

 Shanghae rebellion — Country and productions about Cading — 

 Indigo and safflower — Bamboo paper-making — Insects — Lakes 

 and marshy country — Visit the town of Nan-tsin in the silk 

 districts — Its shops and inhabitants — Producers of raw silk 

 and silk merchants — Description of silk country — Soil — Me- 

 thod of cultivating the mulberry — Valuable varieties — Increased 

 by grafting and not by seeds — Method of gathering the leaves 

 — Hills near Hoo-chow-foo — Temples and priests .. ..331 



CHAPTER XVIL 



Enter the city of Hoo-chow-foo — Chinese crowds — Description 

 of the city — Richness of the shops — Fans and silks — Rich 

 dresses of the people — Raw silk and hongs — Flowered crapes 



