CHAPTER VIII

Dragon-Boat Races; Festival at Macao; New Year; New Year Customs; Hong Kong Races; Curious Forms of Gambling; Charitable Institutions of Hong Kong; The Future of China 126

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY MORTIMER MENPES, R.I., R.E.

1. A SHOEMAKER _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE 2. A QUIET CANAL 8

3. A STUDENT 17

4. SAMPANS 24

5. CHOPSTICKS 33

6. ON THE WAY TO MARKET 40

7. A GRANDFATHER 49

8. A SUMMER HOUSE 56

9. A QUIET GAME OF DRAUGHTS 65

10. WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS 72

11. A CHINESE GIRL 89

12. JUNKS AT EVENTIDE 96

13. A TYPICAL STREET SCENE 105

14. A STREET STALL 112

15. ON A BACKWATER 121

16. A TEMPLE 128

Also 64 Facsimile Reproductions in Black and White

_These Illustrations were Engraved and Printed by the Menpes Printing Company, Ltd., Watford, under the personal supervision of Miss Maud Menpes_

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