I land at Shanghai--The Celestial who had never heard of Napoleon--Total value of exports and imports to and from Shanghai--What those exports and imports are--The devotion of the Chinese to their native land--The true yellow danger of the future--I am invited to a Chinese dinner at Shanghai--My yellow guests--The ladies find me amusing--Their small feet and difficulty in walking--A wealthy mandarin explains why the feet are mutilated--Sale of girls in China--Position of women discussed--A mandarin accepts a Bible--Our host takes us to a flower-boat--Description of boat--My first attempt at opium-smoking--A Celestial in an opium dream 151 CHAPTER IX Great commercial value of opium--Cultivation of the poppy--Exports of opium from India--What opium is--Preparation of the drug--Opinions on the English monopoly of the trade in it--Ingenious mode of smuggling opium--Efforts of Chinese Government to check its importation--Proclamation of the Viceroy Wang--Opinion of Li-Shi-Shen on the properties of opium--The worst form of opium smoking--Its introduction to Formosa by the Dutch--Depopulation of the island--Punishments inflicted on opium-smokers--Opinions of doctors on the effects of opium-eating or smoking--Chinese prisoners deprived of their usual pipe--The real danger to the poor of indulgence in opium--Evidence of Archibald Little--The Chinese and European pipe contrasted 166 CHAPTER X Missionary effort in China--First arrival of the Jesuits--Landing of Michael Roger--Adam Schaal appointed Chief Minister of State--The scientific work of the Jesuits--Affection of the young Emperor Kang-Hi for them--Arrival of other monks--Fatal disputes between them and the Jesuits--The Pope interferes--Fatal results for the Christians--Speech of Kang-Hi--Expulsion of the Jesuits--Concessions to Europeans in newly-opened ports--Hatred of foreigners at Tien-tsin--Arrival of French nuns--Their mistakes in ignoring native feeling--Chinese children bought by the Abbé Chevrier--A Chinese merchant's views on the situation--Terrible accusations against the Sisters--Murder of the French Consul and his assistant--The Governor of Tien-tsin responsible--Massacre of the Abbé Chevrier and one hundred children--The Lady Superior and her nuns cut to pieces and burnt--The guilty Governor Chung-Ho sent to Paris as envoy--No proper vengeance exacted by the French--Other sisters go to Tien-tsin 184 CHAPTER XI