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TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA. 



Chap. XX. 



Shanghae down to the mouth of the river, where the 

 " Island Queen" was at anchor, to start for Hong- 

 kong next morning. The landing-place was crowded 

 with the emigrants and their friends. When the 

 hour of departure arrived, the eight Chinese walked 

 on board, and the boat was immediately pushed out 

 into the stream. Now the emigrants on board, and 

 their friends on shore, with clasped hands, bowed to 

 each other many, many times, and the good wishes 

 for each other's health and happiness were not few, 

 nor apparently insincere. Next morning the " Island 

 Queen," Captain M'Farlane, got under way, and we 

 bade adieu to the north of China. 



