AN AIDE-DE-CAMP'S RECOLLECTIONS OF ADK SERVICE IN CHINA, A RESIDENCE IN HONG-KONG, AND VISITS TO OTHER ISLANDS IN THE CHINESE SEAS. BY COLONEL ARTHUR CUNYNGHAME, AUTHOR OF "A GLIMPSE AT THE GREAT WESTERN REPUBLIC." LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1853. DEDICATION. London, August 6, 1844. MY DEAR LORD, In acknowledging and returning my grateful thanks to your Lordship for your permission to dedicate to you this, my first appearance in print, I am not wholly without fear that by such honourable patronage, the public may be led to expect better things. I am induced to think that some of these events and anecdotes, occurring in a country so strange and new to all Europe, may be worth recording; and I sincerely hope my readers may experience the same amusement in perusing these pages that I had in compiling them. I rejoice in every opportunity of assuring your Lordship that I have a grateful sense of your continued kindness towards me; and I have the honour to remain, My dear Lord, Very faithfully yours, ARTHUR CUNYNGHAME. MAJOR-GENERAL LORD SALTOUN, K.C.B., G.C.H., &c. &c. &c. CONTENTS. H.M.S. 'Belle-Isle'-Contrary winds-Mount Edgcumbe-Eddy- stone Light-Isle of Madeira-Teneriffe-Middies and ponies- Band of H.M. 98th-Rescue of an officer- Wanderer' schooner -Oranges and bananas-Story at Teneriffe-Peak of Teneriffe- Man overboard-Life-buoy-Man falling from the mast-head- Burial at sea-Bear up for South America-Cape Frio-Harbour of Rio Janeiro-La Gloria-Corcovado-Palace of the Emperor Heavy lightning-The 'Apollo' missed-Albatross-Cape of Good Hope-Cape Town-Cape carriages-Farmer Peck-O. P. S.- Table Bay-The gardens at Government House-Cape wines— Lion-shooting Government country house - Mother Cary's chickens-H.M.S. 'Sapphire'-Classification of the winds-The |
