CONTENTS. 



V 



CHAFTER VL 



Visit to the Temple of lionan — Colossal figures—The prtest- 

 IwJod — Tofive Oflferings— Mummery — Holy pigs— Theit 

 corpulency — The hall of the liK'tory — -DiRk-boats-^Aia? 

 baster— Chinese 5«ake— Leave Canton and return to 

 Mftca£»<~V!§[t the Lappa lalaadt— ♦Hill-pines— Mass of 



Chinese bttWal-^^rountls— Cassilhas Bay —Manufacture of 

 ropes— Portuguese ladies at Macao— Origin of that nan)e 

 — ^Anotlier t^to^ i»efBr Macao « . ^ 107 



CHAPTER VIL 



The Jesuits' churdi and college of Kan Jose— The gardens- 

 Sail from Msu:so Ibr Stngsf ore— ^F«i» Pedro Blanco^ Island 

 of Sinpipore — Tlio toun — Treaty for th.e cession of the 

 island to the British — Hills — Salubrity of the settlemeafc— - 

 EuTOpeaa Imrial-gnWiid— •Vidmigp «f |h© «fettleJii6iit— 

 Govemment hill — Grand prospect — Commercia! prosperity 

 ^New roads . . . « . 1^4 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Description of an Ungka ape— His habit$-*Anecdotes of 

 him— His death — Dissection . . » 142 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Botmiii" (iardcii — The Croton tiglium— The true Cain- 

 phor-tree— The Malaleuca Kay u-puteh— Excursion into 



