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CHAPTER VII. 
Sharigliae visited at the end of 1843 — My Lodgings — Prejudices 
and Superstitions of the Inhabitants — The City described — 
Shops and Merchandise — Food — An important Station for 
Foreign Trade — The Exports of the Country ; Teas and Silk 
easily brought to it — The adjacent Country described — Its 
Canals — Agriculture — Tombs of the Dead — Trees and Shrubs 
— Gardens and Nurseries — Difficulty of access to them — • 
Cunning and Deceit of the Chinese — A Chinese Dinner — 
Theatricals Page 91 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Return to the South of China — The Canton River described — Forts 
at the Bocca Tigris — Productions of the Country — The " Sighing" 
Willow — Cultivation of the Nelumbium — Boats on the River 
— The Barber's Boat — Splendour of the Flower Boats — Ap- 
pearance of the River at Festivals — Order which prevails in this 
floating City — Houses built over Water — Chinese Dexterity in 
swimming and diving — Fa-Tee Gardens — Chinese new Year — 
Attacked and robbed by the Chinese — A subsequent Attack 
made upon some Officers of the English Government. . . 115 
CHAPTER IX. 
Visit to the Ning-po Green Tea District — Mountain Travelling 
Chair — The Buddhist Temple of Tein-Tung — Scenery around 
the Temple — Traditionary History communicated by the Priest 
— Invitation to Dinner with the Priests — First Trial with 
Chopsticks — Politeness! of the Chinese — Usual Dinner Com- 
pany — My Bed — Wild Boar Hunt — Narrow Escape — Mode 
of frightening the Animals from the Bamboo Plantations — 
Mountain Scenery — Buddhist Temple of Ah- Yu- Wang — Poo- 
To-San, or the Worshipping Island — Its Temples and Idols — 
r . Bronze Gods — Trees and Shrubs — Sale of Gods or Josses — 
Offerings to the Gods in Shanghae and Ning-po — Processions in 
Honour of the Gods — Christian Missions — Medical Missionary 
Society — Roman Catholics 135 
