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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
China too large to be fully described in a small Book.-It is well to
secure the best parts of a thing when we cannot have it all.-There
are no Men like our own Countrymen, and no Country in the
World like Old England.-Extent of the Chinese Empire.-Chinese
Decorations in the Pavilion at Brighton.-Illuminated Staircase.—
Painted Ceiling.-Glass Pagoda. Chinese Mythological God of
Thunder.-Chinese Ambassador.-Chinese Collection.
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CHAPTER II.
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Set sail.-The Channel.-Bay of Biscay.-Madeira.- Flying Fish.
-A Shark.-A Porpoise.-Speak a Ship.-Pull up a Boat's Crew.—
A Water Spout.—The Canaries.—Cape Verd.-The Mauritius.—
Penang.-Straits of Malacca.-Chinese Sea.-The Thousand Isles.-
Hong Kong.-Flotilla of Boats.-Outside Pilot.-Pilot Boat.-Hong
Kong Bay. The Town described.-Vessels.
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CHAPTER III.
-Tanka-boats..
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-Coo-
Macao.- European Ships.- Tanka-women.
lies. The Praya Grande.-The Doctor. The Astrologer.-The
Umbrella Maker. -The Cobbler.- The Tinker.-The Bookseller.-
The Blacksmith.-The Inner Harbour.- Opium Smokers.-Smug-
glers.-Gamblers. - Thieves. - Camoen's Cave.-Protestant Burial
Ground.-Print-hawkers.-Whampoa.-Walled Town.-Villages.-
Pagodas. Plantations and River Scenes.-Whampoa Reach. 18
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