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FROM TORRES STRAIT TO HONG-KONG. 
looking war-junk, men-of-war, merchantmen, and mail steamers from every part of the 
world, the tiny sampan and the comfortable steam-pinnace. The island of Hong-kong affords 
ample scope to the pedestrian, who finds his exertions rewarded by highly picturesque 
views of the neighbouring islands and continent. A favourite exercise-ground of those 
muscular Christians who strive against the relaxing effect of the climate is the “ Happy 
Valley,” at once the race-course and the cemetery of Hong-kong. Situated within a short 
walk from the town, it is approached through a deep cutting. Facing the latter is the 
obelisk erected in memory of the departed shipmates of H.M.S. “Vestal,” 1847. To the 
right are ranged the Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mohammedan, and Parsee cemeteries ; while 
the level space in front, surrounded by “ a woody theatre of stateliest view,” is the race-course, 
the scene of the gayest meetings in Hong-kong. 
