CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Arrive at Hong-kong — Excitement on the arrival of the mail — 

 Centipede boats — Bay of Hong-kong by moonlight — Town of 

 Victoria — Its trees and gardens — Mortality amongst the troops 

 — Its cause — A remedy suggested — Sail for Shanghae — Its 

 importance as a place of trade — New English town and shipping 

 — The gardens of the foreign residents .... Page 1 



CHAPTER II. 



My object in coming north — Difficulty in procuring tea-plants — No 

 dependence can be placed upon the Chinese — Adopt the dress of 

 the country — Start for the interior — Mode of getting my head 

 shaved — City of Kea-hing-foo and its old cemetery — Lakes and 

 " ling " — Mode of gathering the ling — Great silk country — 

 Increase in exports — City of Seh-mun-yuen — Fear of thieves — 

 Hang-chow-foo — The " Garden of China " — Description of the 

 city and its suburbs — Gaiety of the people — Adventure in the 

 city — Kan-du — A "chop" — A Chinese inn — I get no breakfast 

 and lose my dinner — Boat engaged for Hwuy-chow — Importance 

 of Hang-chow both for trading and " squeezing " . . .19 



CHAPTER III. 



Leave Hang-chow-foo — A China passage-boat — Scenery and natural 

 productions — Remarkable hills — Our fellow-passengers — A 

 smoker of opium — I am discovered to be a foreigner — City of 

 Yen-chow-foo — A Chinaman cheats a Chinaman ! — The river and 



