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CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 
CHAPTER X. 
Chusan Archipelago — Storm in a small Boat — Nearly upset — 
Kin-Tang, or Silver Island — Its Inhabitants — Their Surprise on 
seeing a Foreigner — Yang-Tse-Kiang River — Its numerous 
Sand Banks — Our Schooner aground — Novel Method of getting 
Assistance from the Chinese — Village of Woo-Sung — Opium 
Station — Remarks on the Opium Trade — Its Effects upon the 
Chinese Page 163 
CHAPTER XI. 
Shanghae in 1844 — Its Gardens and Plants — Start for the Hills 
in the Interior — Canals and Bridges — Adventure with my 
Pony — The " Tein-ching," or blue Dye, found — Hills and 
their Vegetation described — The Surprise of the Natives on 
seeing a Foreigner — Their Curiosity and Honesty ! — Plants 
sent to England — Another Journey into the Interior — Some 
large Northern Cities noticed — A Midnight Visit from Thieves 
— The far-famed City of Soo-chow-foo visited — A Description 
of it — New Plants found — Central Position of Soo-chow as a 
Place of Trade — Baths for the Million — Return to Shanghae. 179 
CHAPTER XII. 
Chinese Cotton Cultivation — Yellow Cotton — District where it 
grows — Cotton Country described — Soil — Manure, and mode 
of Application — Preceding Crops — Time of Sowing — Method 
— Rains — Summer Cultivation — Early Rain advantageous — 
Time of Reaping and Gathering — Cotton Farmers and their 
Families — Drying and Cleaning Process described — Marketing 
— Independence of the Seller — Crowded Streets in Shanghae 
during the Cotton Season — "Warehouses and Packing — Home 
Consumption — Stalks used for Fuel 199 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Climate of China — Summer and Winter — Temperature of Hong- 
Kong — Of Shanghae — Monsoons — Typhoons — Signs of their 
