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
Buddhist Temples. The Temple of Five Hundred Gods. Temple of
Longevity. The Hai-chwang-sz, or Honam Joss House. Vespers. A Relic
of Buddha. Commemorative Tablets. The Sacred Hogs. Priests burned
after Death. The Necessity of Protestant Missions. Missionaries.
Mission Schools. Mr. Bonney’s School. Mrs. Bonney’s School. The Feast
of the Dragon-boats. Private Gardens of Howqua and Pun-Tingqua. The
Fa-ti, or Flower Gardens. Chinese Shops. Shopkeepers. Ushing. Pohing.
Carvings in Ivory. Hoaching. Chinese Taste for fine Carvings. Curio
Street, and Antiques. Jade-stone. Fans. Suchau Lacquered Ware. Wealth
and Opulence of Canton 198-219
CHAPTER X.
Chinese Women, and their Adornments. Use of Cosmetics. Small Feet.
Mingqua. Foreign Ladies rarely obtain Access to Chinese Ladies of
Rank. Visit to Mingqua’s Family. The Gentlemen permitted to see the
Ladies. Mingqua’s Sons. The House. Chinese Etiquette does not allow
the Shaking of Hands. Visit to a Mandarin Family. His beautiful
Mansion, and the Inner Apartments. The Ladies, and their Salutations.
Drinking Tea. Inspection of our Dress. The Furniture, and arrangement
of the Apartments. Invitation to Dine 220-232
CHAPTER XI.
Removal to Swatow, and Fears of Pirates by the way. Macao in Summer.
Summer Evenings, and the Portuguese Ladies. The Estrada-de-Cacilhas.
Appearance of Macao when approached from the Sea. Romish Festivals.
Corpus Christi Day. Festival of St. John, and the Mummers. Fourth of
July Fête at the United States Consulate 233-248
CHAPTER XII.
Arrival at Swatow. The River and Harbor. The Country. Double Island,
the Residence of Foreigners. The Climate. Continued Heat of the
Summer. Mosquitoes. Names given to Double Island. The Chinese Names,
with their Origin and Explanations. Temple of Ma-tsoo. A Heathen
Festival. The Itinerant Theatre. The Mission Station of the Baptist
Board. The Missionaries. Mrs. Johnson’s School. Persecution of
Converts to Christianity. Imprisonment of an old Native Teacher.
Communion Season of the Mission. Aged Converts. Their Devotion.
London Society Missionaries. Difference in the Dialects and in the
People. Feuds of the People. The Coolie Traffic. Great Mortality.
Graves. Selling of Women. Need of Sanatariums. Ill-Health 249-266
CHAPTER XIII.
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