A year in China : $b and a narrative of capture and imprisonment, when homeward bound, on board the rebel pirate FloridaWilliams, Martha Noyes
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A year in China : $b and a narrative of capture and imprisonment, when homeward bound, on board the rebel pirate Florida
Williams, Martha Noyes
Capture at sea -- Personal narratives; China -- Description and travel; Piracy -- Personal narratives
The Harbor of Hong Kong. Love of Country. War Rumors. The War Steamer
“Saginaw.” The Cold Weather. Position and Name of the Island. The
City of Victoria. Sedan Chairs, and my first Excursion in one. Miss
Wilson’s School. Prince Albert’s Death. “Chits,” and “Chit-Books.”
Confirmation by the Bishop. The Bishop of Victoria. The Camelia
Japonica. Society. Horses and Equipages. “Happy Valley.” The
Race-course. Races. The Cemeteries. Forms of Chinese Graves or Tombs.
The New-Year’s Festival 114-131
CHAPTER VI.
Passage to Macao. The Macao Roads. The Inner Harbor. The Tanka-boats,
and Tanka Boat-women. The Landing. Welcomed by Friends. The Peninsula
of Macao. Settlement and Population. Macao, the Favorite Residence
of Foreigners. The American Consul. Dwellings. Forts. Chinese Graves
not enclosed. The Government Park. The Dutch Admiral. Temple of
Makauk. Temple of Mongha. The Protestant Cemeteries. The Graves of
East India Company Officers. Dr. Morrisson. Chinnery, the English
Artist. Romanism. The Casa Gardens, and Camoën’s Grotto. The Island
of Tui-mien-shan, or Lapa Island. The Ringing Rock. The Lime-kiln
Village 132-150
CHAPTER VII.
Passage to Whampoa. The Chinese Pirates. The Bogue Forts. Whampoa.
Old Whampoa. Bambootown. Newtown. The Islands. The Dry Docks.
Foreign Shipping. “Chops.” “Chop-Life.” Servants. The Little
Breakfast. The Women of China. Mode of carrying Children. Boats
and Boating. Exercise. Forbidding Aspect of Nature in China. The
Tomb of Hon. Alexander Everett. The Bethel “Chop.” Chinese Love of
Noise. Ancestral Worship. The English Vice-Consul, and our other
Neighbors. Fear of Collisions with Vessels. The Heat, Dampness, and
Thunder-storms 151-174
CHAPTER VIII.
Sail to Canton. Pagodas. Ruins of the Barrier Forts. Commodore
Foote. Vessel of a Petty Mandarin. The Imperial Fleet. Boat-Life at
Canton. Dutch Folly. The Hongs of the Merchants. The Old Factories.
The Shameen and Macao Passage. History of Canton. Walls of the City.
Population. Chair-Coolies. Residences of the American Missionaries.
The “Lions” of the Old City. The Wan-shau-kung, or Imperial Presence
Hall. Crowded Streets. Temple of Literature. The Temple of Mars.
The Provincial College. An English Military Road. The Great Eastern
Gateway. East and West Street. The Temple of Horrors. The Residence
of the Imperial Treasurer. Pavilion of the Five Genii. The
Mohammedan Mosque. Street Crowds. My first Sunday in Canton. Marriage
Processions. The Business Streets. Beggars. Chinese Officials
regarded with Respect. Western Suburbs. Howqua Street. Private
Residences of Howqua and Pun-Tingqua. The Dog and Cat Market 175-197
CHAPTER IX.
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