CHAPTER XX._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.

Sail for Foo-chow-foo on the River Min.--Novel Mode of engaging

a Pilot.--Entrance to the River.--Scenery on its Banks.--Bridge

of Foo-chow-foo.--Chinese Chairmen.--Insults received from the

Natives.--City and Suburbs.--Native Trade.--Fishing Cormorants.--Bank

Notes.--Character of the Natives.--The Ladies and their fondness for

Flowers.--Population.--Remarks on Foo-chow-foo as a Place of foreign

Trade.--Government Spies.--Gardens and Nurseries.--Deceit of the

Mandarins.--Leave Foo-chow-foo for the Tea Hills.--Mountain Scenery

described.--Black Tea Districts.--Flora of the Hills.--Agriculture of

the District.--Native Fruit.--Climate and Temperature.

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