Return to Chusan.--Its supposed Unhealthiness.--Mortality amongst the
Queen's Troops when first stationed there.--Subsequent Salubrity.--Its
Advantages over Hong-kong as a British Settlement.--New Plants found on
the Island.--Ning-po.--Gardens of the Mandarins.--Manners of Chinese
Ladies.--Sail for Hong-kong.--Tombs of the Chinese.--Situations
supposed to be the best.--Soothsayers employed.--Their Methods of
working on the Minds of the People.--Mr. Lay consulted as to the best
Site for a Grave.--Inscriptions on the Tombs.--Periodical Visits to
them by Relatives.--Different Modes of Interment.--Coffins exposed in
the Fields.--Kept in Houses.--Tombs near Sung-kiang-foo.--Favourite
Flowers for planting on the Graves.