Chap. VI. 
A GAME-SHIP. 
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masters of vessels, and passengers who are perhaps a 
little sea-sick, cannot endure the smell of game in this 
state, however agreeable it may be to those for whom 
it is intended. 
It may easily be believed, then, that we did not fare 
badly on our passage to Hong-kong. We were lucky in 
having a medical man on board of high character, and I 
can honestly say that no plump woodcock, wild duck, or 
pheasant was condemned without being examined by 
him and pronounced in imminent danger : on the other 
hand, it must be confessed that none, so far as I knew, 
were ever thrown overboard. 
As soon as we got out to sea all sail was crowded on 
our vessel, and we ran merrily on before the wind. In 
four days after leaving the Yang-tse-kiang river we were 
safely at anchor in the bay of Hong-kong, having run 
fully one thousand miles. 
The tea-plants having reached Hong-kong in good 
order, 1 lost no time in getting them transshipped to 
vessels bound for India, where they afterwards arrived 
in excellent condition. 
All my spare time in Hong-kong was spent in ~ 
rambling about the hills. I was frequently accompanied 
by Captain Champion, one of the best botanists I met 
with in China, and the discoverer of the beautiful 
Rhodeleia Champion% figured by Sir William Hooker 
in the ' Botanical Magazine.' 
Before taking my departure for the north I deter- 
mined on papng another visit to Canton. I was curious 
to obtain some information concerning the process of 
preparing and packing those seeds which are usually 
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