CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 
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Ai^proach — Description of a Typhoon witnessed by the Author 
— Effect produced upon Vegetation — Kains — Wet and Dry 
Seasons Page 210 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Chinese Agriculture — Exaggerated Statements regarding its Ad- 
vancement — Soil of the Hills — Tea-Land — Soil of the Plains 
— Summer Crops — Rice and its Cultivation — Chinese Plough 
and Harrow — Number of Crops produced — Method of obtaining 
two Crops of Rice in Summer in the Province of Chekiang — 
Rice Harvest — Terrace Cultivation described — The Tein-ching 
Plant, from which the Northern Indigo is obtained — Summer 
Hill Crops — Cultivation of sweet Potatoes — Earth-nuts — 
Winter Crops — Celebrated Shan-tung Cabbage — Oil Plant — 
Wheat, Barley, &c. — Ripening of Winter Crops — Manures — 
Two Plants cultivated for this Purpose — Their Cultivation and 
Mode of Application — A Manure for mixing with Seeds — Its 
Utility — Other Manures in common Use — Manure Tanks — 
Night Soil and Urine — Mode of Application — Succession and 
Rotation of Crops 22 1 
CHAPTER XV. 
Return to Chusan — Its supposed Unhealthiness — Mortality amongst 
the Queen's Troops when first stationed there — Subsequent Sa- 
lubrity — Its Advantages over Hong-kong as a British Settle- 
ment — Remarks on the Treaty with China — Ning-po — Gar- 
dens of the Mandarins — Manners of Chinese Ladies — Sail 
for Hong-kong — Tombs of the Chinese — Situations supposed 
to be the best — Soothsayers employed — Their Methods of 
working on the Minds of the People — Mr. Lay consulted as to 
the best Site for a Grave — Inscriptions on the Tombs — Period- 
ical Visits to them by Relatives — Different Modes of Interment 
— Coffins exposed in the Fields — Kept in Houses — Tomb 
near Sung-kiang-foo — Favourite Flowers for planting on the 
Graves 244 
