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ARE1YAL AT SHANGHAE. 
Chap. X. 
shores of Japan, and sailed for China. A short 
time after we had put to sea I felt some regret at 
not having put my plants in the boat on the port 
side, which, being to leeward, was less exposed to 
spray from the sea. It was lucky, as it turned 
out, that no alteration was made, for on the follow- 
ing day we encountered a heavy gale of wind ; 
the ship rolled dreadfully ; and a quantity of 
planks piled on the house in midships gave way, 
and carried the long-boat, that hung on the .port 
side, headlong into the sea ! On the 2nd of 
January we arrived at Shanghae, where I was 
kindly received by Mr. Webb, the worthy suc- 
cessor of my old friend the late Mr. Beale. 
My time was now fully occupied in repacking 
and preparing the plants for the long voyage 
which was yet before them. The most important 
portion was confided to the care of Captain Taylor, 
of the ship ‘ Tung-yu,’ who, a short time before 
this, had had the honour to introduce into Europe 
the living salamander now in the gardens of the 
Zoological Society of London. Captain Taylor 
delivered these plants in the most excellent con- 
dition. Some of them were exhibited before the 
Horticultural Society, at South Kensington, three 
days after their arrival in England; and it was 
remarked that they looked as if they had been 
luxuriating all their lives in the pure air of Bag- 
shot, instead of having just been landed from a 
sea voyage of sixteen thousand miles. 
