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.

CHAPTER IV.

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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.--Interesting Scenery.--Attacked and robbed.--My Servant's Opinion of the State of Matters.--Get back in safety to the Shore.--Novel Mode of crossing the wet Sands.--New Plants found.--The Bay of Chinchew.