Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China - Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

Introduction.Erroneous Notions regarding China.No correct Sources of Information.Information gleaned from the Chinese not to be depended upon.Imaginative Powers of Authors on China.Peculiar Traits in the Character of the Chinese.Remarks on Agriculture and Soil.On Government and Laws.China has been retrograding for many Years.My own Experience. First View of China and the Impressions produced.Contrasted with Java.Land at Hong-kong.Description of its Harbour.Town of Victoria.Chinese Towns, Stanley and Aberdeen.Description of the Island.Effects of Rains."Happy Valley" noticed.Chinese mode of "Stopping the Supplies."Views from the tops of Mountains.Climate.Botany of the Island.Few Animals indigenous.Unhealthiness of the Settlement.Its Causes.Character of the Chinese Population.Mixed Character of Foreigners.Remarks on the Settlement as a Place of Trade. Leave Hong-kong for Amoy.Opium Station at Namoa.Liberty the English enjoy there.Chinese Population, and their Modes of living.A new Admiral makes new Laws.Cherry Brandy alters his Views.The Account which, as in Duty bound, he sends to Peking.Natural Tunnel through Chaple Island.Amoy.Remarks on its Trade.Travels in the Country amongst the People.The want of a Tail.The Hills.Island of Koo-lung-soo.Effects of War.Strange Rocks.Unhealthy Nature of [Pg viii]the Island.Botany and Birds.Visit to one of the Chief Mandarins.His House and Grounds. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54720
Author: Fortune, Robert
Release Date: May 14, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English