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CONTENTS. 



— Temple on hill and fine scenery — Lake near north gate — 

 Temples and priests — My servant's mode of answering ques- 

 tions — Chesnut-trees discovered — Introduced to India — Chi- 

 nese tombs and ceremonies — A widow comes to worship — 

 Beggars and coffins — Different customs in different countries — • 

 Eeflections Page 41 



CHAPTER lY. 



Entomology — Chinese ideas respecting my collections — My sanity 

 doubtful — Mode of employing natives to assist me — A scene 

 on returning to my boat — Curious tree — Visit from a man- 

 darin — An endeavour to explain my objects in making collec- 

 tions of natural history — Crowds of natives — Their quietness 

 and civility — Return mandarin's visit — My reception — Ex- 

 ample of Chinese politeness — Our conversation — Inquisitive- 

 ness of his ladies and its consequences — Beauty of ladies at 

 Tse-kee — Our luncheon and adieu 59 



CHAPTER V. 



Visit a collector of ancient works of art — His house and garden — 

 Inspect his collections of old crackle china and other vases, &c. 

 — Fondness of Chinese for their own ancient works of art — De- 

 scription of ancient porcelain most prized by them — Ancient 

 enamels — Foo-chow enamels — Jade-stone — Rock crystal — 

 Magnetic iron and other minerals — Gold-stone — Red lacquer 

 and gold japan — Porcelain bottles found in Egyptian tombs — 

 Found also in China at the present day — Age of these — Mr. 

 Medhurst's remarks 78 



CHAPTER VI. 



Boat- travelling — Unsettled state of the country — A midnight 

 alarm — Old quarters at Tein-tung — A good Buddhist priest — 

 Chinese farmers — Their wives and families — Chinese women's 

 passion, and its effects — Woman's curse — The author is seized 

 with fever — A native doctor and his mode of treatment — Me- 

 thod of taking honey from bees — Mosquito tobacco — Its com- 

 position and manufacture 93 



