Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

INTRODUCTION.--ERRONEOUS NOTIONS REGARDING CHINA.--NO CORRECT SOURCES OF INFORMATION.--INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE CHINESE NOT TO BE DEPENDED UPON.--IMAGINATIVE POWERS OF AUTHO...

boatmen, the crowd pressed after me in such numbers, that the boat, had I got on board, would probably have been swamped. The poor boatmen were so frightened, that no reward whi...

Engage a Passage in a Junk.--Leave the District of the Min.--An Attack of Fever.--Religious Ceremonies on Board the Junk.--Attacked by Pirates.--Scene on Board.--Cowardice of th...

The Tea-plant of China.--The Species found in the Green and Black Tea Districts--Best Situation for Tea Plantations.--Remarks on their Management.--Seasons, and Method, of gathe...

Return to the South of China.--The Canton River described.--Forts at the Bocca Tigris.--Productions of the Country.--The "Sighing" Willow.--Cultivation of the Nelumbium.--Boats...

Chinese Agriculture.--Exaggerated Statements regarding its Advancement.--Soil of the Hills.--Tea Land--Soil of the Plains.--Summer Crops.--Rice and its Cultivation.--Chinese Plo...

Visit to the Ning-po Green Tea District.--Mountain travelling Chair.--The Budhist Temple of Tein-tung.--Scenery around the Temple.--Traditional History communicated by the Pries...

Return to Chusan.--Its supposed Unhealthiness.--Mortality amongst the Queen's Troops when first stationed there.--Subsequent Salubrity.--Its Advantages over Hong-kong as a Briti...

Plants shipped for England.--Sail for Manila.--Natural Productions and Exports--Passport Annoyances.--The Interior of Luzon.--Its Laguna.--Early Morning in the Philippines.--Val...

Sail for Foo-chow-foo on the River Min.--Novel Mode of engaging a Pilot.--Entrance to the River.--Scenery on its Banks.--Bridge of Foo-chow-foo.--Chinese Chairmen.--Insults rece...

Leave Hong-kong for Amoy.--Opium Station at Namoa.--Liberty the English enjoy there.--Chinese Population, and their Modes of living.--A new Admiral makes new Laws.--Cherry Brand...

Shanghae in 1844.--Its Gardens and Plants.--Start for the Hills in the Interior.--Canals and Bridges.--Adventure with my Pony.--The "Tein-ching," or Blue Dye, found.--Hills and...

Spring in the north of China.--New Flowers.--Journey through the Country.--Motley Group of Fellow Passengers.--A Morning Scene in a Chinese Junk.--Tartar City of Chapoo.--Shops...

First Visit to Ning-po.--The Bridge of Boats.--City and Pagoda.--Medical Missionary.--Temperature--Chinese Mode of keeping themselves warm.--Charcoal Stoves.--My Lodgings.--Chin...

Land at Chusan.--Description of the Island.--Town of Tinghae.--Agriculture.--Staple Productions.--Hemp Plants.--Palm of which Ropes are made--Trefoil cultivated for Manure.--Oil...

First View of China and the Impressions produced.--Contrasted with Java.--Land at Hong-kong.--Description of its Harbour.--Town of Victoria.--Chinese Towns, Stanley and Aberdeen...

Shanghae visited at the end of 1843.--My Lodgings.--Prejudices and Superstitions of the Inhabitants.--The City described.--Shops and Merchandise.--Food.--An important Station fo...

Chinese Cotton Cultivation.--Yellow Cotton.--District where it grows.--Cotton Country described.--Soil.--Manure, and Mode of Application.--Preceding Crops.--Time of sowing.--Met...

Leave Amoy.--Gale in the Formosa Channel.--Driven back to Chimoo.--Chimoo Bay.--Chinese Mode of paying Taxes.--Character of the Natives.--Journey to the Hills.--Chimoo Pagoda.--...

Introduction.--Erroneous Notions regarding China.--No correct Sources of Information.--Information gleaned from the Chinese not to be depended upon.--Imaginative Powers of Autho...

Chusan Archipelago.--Storm in a small Boat.--Nearly upset.--Kin-tang, or Silver Island.--Its Inhabitants.--Their Surprise on seeing a Foreigner.--Yang-tse-kiang River.--Its nume...

Climate of China.--Summer and Winter.--Temperature of Hong-kong--of Shanghae.--Monsoons.--Typhoons.--Signs of their Approach.--Description of a Typhoon witnessed by the Author.-...

Remarks on the Chinese Language.--Ice-houses near Ning-po described.--Their Simplicity and Utility.--Novel Modes of Fishing.--Fishing Cormorants met with.--Their Actions describ...