CHAPTER XXII.

On the Wong-poo River.--Ningpo Sam.--The _China_.--Her Passengers.--The Ta-hoo Lake.--Its Scenery.--The Canals of Central China.--General Burgevine.--Soo-chow.--Deserters.--Burgevine suspected.--The Americo-Ti-ping Legions.--Burgevine's Policy.--Colonel Morton.--The Mo-wang.--Arrival of the Chung-wang.--The Loyal and Faithful Auxiliary Legion.--How regulated.--Affair at Wo-kong.--Recruiting.--Plan of Operations.--A _coup de main_.--Arrangement.--Interruptions.--Postponed 632