Chap. XIX. 
PORT OF CHEFOO. 
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Leave Shanghae for Peking — Port of Chefoo — Agricultural and 
natural products — The Pei-ho river — Arrival at Tien-tsin — 
Salt-mounds — Suburbs — Mean buildings — Active trade — Noisy 
coolies — Shops — Large warehouses — Hawkers — Gambling pro- 
pensities of the people — The city — Ruinous ramparts — Filthy 
streets — Surrounding country — Salt plain — Gardens and nurse- 
in Tien-tsin. 
On the 1 1th of August I sailed from Shanghae 
for Chefoo, in Her Majesty’s despatch boat * Atta- 
lante,’ and reached that port on the 16th. Chefoo, 
or rather Yentae, for that is the name of the place, 
is one of the ports which have been opened to trade 
under Lord Elgin’s treaty; It is in the province 
of Shantung, on the south side of the Gulf of Pe- 
chele. The town is a poor straggling place, and 
does not seem to be of much value as a place of 
trade. The harbour, however, is good, and is 
much frequented by junks engaged in the coasting 
trade. When I went on shore I was kindly re- 
ceived by H. B. M. Consul, M. C. Morrison, Esq., 
an old and valued friend whom I had known from 
my first visit to China in 1844. 
It may be remembered that Chefoo or Yentae 
