Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

CHAPTER XV.

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SHANGHAI.

A stroll through the old Chinese quarter.--Book-stalls.--Public Baths.--Chinese Pawnbrokers.--Foundling hospital.--The Hall of Universal Benevolence.--Sacrificial Hall of Medical Faculty.-- City prison.--Temple of the Goddess of the Sea.--Chinese taverns.--Tea-garden.--Temple of Buddha.--Temple of Confucius.-- Taouist convent.--Chinese nuns.--An apothecary's store, and what is sold therein.--Public schools.--Christian places of worship.-- Native industry.--Cenotaphs to the memory of beneficent females.--A Chinese patrician family.--The villas of the foreign merchants.--Activity of the London Missionary Society.--Dr. Hobson.--Chinese medical works.--Leprosy.--The American Missionary Society.--Dr. Bridgman.--Main-tze tribe.--Mission schools for Chinese boys and girls.--The North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.--Meeting in honour of the Members of the _Novara_ Expedition.--Mons. de Montigny.--Baron Gros.-- Interview with the Táu-Tái, or chief Chinese official of the city.--The Jesuit mission at Sikkawéi.--The Pagoda of Long-Sáh.-- A Chinese dinner.--Serenade by the German singing-club.--The Germans in China.--Influence of the Treaties of Tien-Tsin and Pekin upon commerce.--Silk.--Tea.--The Chinese sugar-cane.-- Various species of Bamboos employed in the manufacture of paper.--The varnish tree.--The tallow tree.--The wax-tree.-- Mosquito tobacco.--Articles of import.--Opium.--The Tai-ping rebels.--Departure from Shanghai.--A typhoon in the China sea.-- Sight the island of Puynipet in the Caroline Archipelago. 416