Chap. IX. 
NINGPO GREEN TEA DISTRICT. 
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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 — 
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 — Eoman Catholics. 
Having despatched my collections to England by three 
different vessels from Hong-kong, I sailed again, at the 
end of March, 1844, for the northern provinces. During 
the summer of this year, and in that of 1845, I was able 
to visit several parts of the country which were formerly 
sealed to Europeans, and which contained subjects of 
much interest. 
About the beginning of May I set out upon an excur- 
sion, with the late Mr. Thom, the British consul, and 
two other gentlemen, to visit the green-tea district near 
Ning-po. We were informed that there was a large and 
celebrated temple, named Tein4ung, in the centre of 
the tea district, and above twenty miles distant, where 
