Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I)
CHAPTER I. PAGE
Arrival in Victoria.--The Happy Valley.--Hong-Kong.--Tanka Boat Girls.--Chinese Boatmen: their Evil Propensities.--Captain Mellen's Adventure.--Canton Girls.--Amusements in China.--Cafés Chantants.--The Exhibition.--Temple of Lanterns.--Chinese Character.--Piracy in China.--The "North Star."--Fate of the Crew.--Tartar Cruelty.--Adventure with Pirates.--Sporting.--Duck-shooting.--Chinese Hospitality.--Mandarin Barbarity.--Whampoa.--Marie the Portuguese.--Marie's History: her Escape.--Description of Marie: her Excitability: her Jealousy 1