Chapter 15

Trip to Macao--Disappointed in getting ashore--Mail arrived--Get no letters--Expression of sentiments--Causes and effects--Overland mail--Idea of a route--Happy Valley --Chase of Pirates--_A Poisson d'Avril_--Into the Typa again--Arrival of consort--Late dates--Catholic fete-- Depart for Shanghae--The Yang-tse-Kiang--Improvement in the appearance of the country--Better race of men--Banks of the Woo-sung 127