CHAPTER II._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.

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.

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