WitARITOA. 



jtart, iindor rice cultivation, wliicli, still retaining 

 its green tinge, imparted a luxuriant and ani- 

 maiiiig bea^ to lihe n^w. Small hutg^ ^ere 

 scattered aibout, or^r "wlicli the graceful bamboo 



waved its towering stem ; tlin high ami wooded 

 liills arose in the distance of the back ground of 

 the landscape ; and this, with boats passing about 

 the i»terseethig canals of the paddy-field% fewttfid 

 the principal fe^t^ of the <c0i»ii£f «&tnit the 

 Canton river to Whampoa, where we arrived in 

 the evening,* and left in a lioat for Canton 

 (a distance of twelve miles) on the following 

 day. 



The .senile ^.i WhdiEp^, lap* Itsseg^^ a mm- 

 ber of shipping collected together, was remark- 

 ably animating ; and at tins season, there was a 

 noble addition of most of the sliips of the Honour- 



ebstiat-^ip» &e world. Ou peom^ng ham. 

 Wliampoa to Canton, the banks of the river were 

 £at^ and cnltivated with wooded hills in the dis-^ 



* passed cl&kt fd Waa^ with its lofty ^ 

 rounded summits of hills. Tliemk-a1)6a»^j-niountccl stdne 

 fort upon thi$ island, but not in a commanding situation. 

 There h no appearance of cultivation upon tlie island ; l)ut it 

 k verdant from » 00^^ ^fsesif^iik^ fliwl flttinerous 



stunted shrubs, &e« sciumdnbou^ ^JsauM «me m sm& 



animation to it. 



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