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WANDERINGS IN CHINA. 
Chap. VII. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Foo-chow-foo — Jealousy of the Mandarins — A polite Way of 
getting rid of a Spy — Scenery amongst the Mountains — Temple 
of Koo-shan — Its Priests and Idols — Buddha's Tooth and other 
Kelics — Trees and Shrubs — City of Foo-chow-foo — Chinese 
Mode of getting out when the Gates are shut — Journey up the 
Min — Chinese Sportsmen and their Dogs — A Deer-hunt — 
Scenery about Tein-tung — Roadside Temples — A Priest and 
Siphon — Lakes of Tung-hoo. 
The vessel in which T had taken a passage for the north 
being now ready for sea, my luggage was put on board, 
and we sailed for Foo-chow-foo, the capital of the pro- 
vince of Fokien. This port was opened to foreigners by 
the treaty, but it has hitherto proved of little value as a 
place of trade. The English consular staff has been 
greatly reduced, aud there is only one merchant at the 
port. Many missionaries, both English and American, 
have been stationed in the city and suburbs, and are 
labouring patiently, but I fear with little success, amongst 
an ungrateful people. 
The mandarins at Foo-chow, and the people generally, 
resemble their brethren at Canton. They are jealous of 
foreigners, and would gladly see them turned out of the 
province. A strict watch is kept upon all their actions, 
which are duly reported to the authorities. 
On my arrival I had my luggage conveyed to an 
