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CHUCKCHEW. 
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CHAPTER II. 
Leave Hong-kong for Amoy — Opium Station at Namoa — Liberty 
the Englisli enjoy there — Chinese Population, and their Modes 
of living — A new Admiral makes new Laws — Cherry Brandy 
alters his Views — The Account which, as in Duty bound, he 
sends to Peking — Amoy — Remarks on its Trade — Travels in 
the Country amongst the People — The want of a Tail — The 
Hills — Island of Koo-Lung-Soo — Effects of War — Strange 
Eocks — Unhealthy Nature of the Island — Botany and Birds — 
Visit to one of the chief Mandarins — His House and Grounds. 
I LEFT the pleasant bay of Hong-kong on the 23rd 
of August, and sailed for Amoy. As we came out of the 
harbour by the western entrance, and rounded the south 
side of the island, I had an excellent view of the little 
town of Chuckchew, and the military station established 
there. The town, or village, for it is but a small place, is 
pleasantly situated on the shores of a deep bay, and fully 
exposed to the refreshing breezes of the south-west mon- 
soon, and is generally considered much more healthy than 
the town of Victoria, on the opposite side of the island. 
It was now my lot to be seized with that dreadful 
fever which I have already noticed as so prevalent 
in our new settlement at this time. I lay in a very 
precarious state for several days, without the means 
of procuring medical aid ; but the sea air probably did 
more for me than anything else, and, under Providence, 
was the means of saving my life. After encountering a 
