water-mills Botany of the country - A valuable palm-tree

Birds Lime-kilns and green granite

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-Tea-plant met with

The new FUNEREAL CYPRESS discovered - Its beauty - How its

seeds were procured-Dr. Lindley's opinion of its merits-Strange

echo - River and land beggars — Charity

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CHAPTER IV.

City of Wae-ping- Threatened attack from boatmen - A false alarm

-A border country and a border guard Enter the district of

Hwuy-chow - The tea-plant and other crops — A Chinese play —

Ferry-boat and ladies - Cargo transshipped - Two coffins below

my bed - A mandarin's garden - Botany of the hills

A new

plant (Berberis japonica)- My servant's advice-Leave the boat-

The opium-smoker outwitted-Town of Tun-che-Its importance

in connection with the tea-trade - Features of country, soil, and

productions First view of Sung-lo-shan

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Cultivation of the tea-shrub - Mode of preserving its seeds - The

young plants-Method of dyeing green teas-Ingredients employed

-Chinese reason for the practice - Quantity of Prussian blue and
gypsum taken by a green-tea drinker - Such teas not used by
the Chinese Mr. Warrington's observations

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My reception in the house of Wang's father

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A smoky Chinese

cottage My coolie and the dwarf — The dangers to which they

had been exposed-Chinese mode of warming themselves on a

cold day

Tea-seeds, &c., obtained Anecdote of the new

Berberis - Obtain some young plants of it— Deceitful character

of the Chinese- Leave the far-famed Sung-lo-shan-Wang tries

to cheat the chairmen - Invents a story of a "great general ”—

Leave Tun-che-Mountain scenery — Pleasure of going down the

river-Gale of wind amongst the mountains-Arrive at Nechow-

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CHAPTER VII.

Kintang or Silver Island - Its inhabitants and productions -- Bay of

Chapoo-Advantages of an inland route-New year at Shanghae-

Flower-shops and flowers-Sacred bamboo-The Chrysanthemum

-Mode of cultivating it-Weather-prophets-Sail for Hong-kong

-A game-ship-The Enkianthus - Canton seeds, and mode of

packing them - False notion regarding their being poisoned

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CHAPTER VIII.

Foo-chow-foo-Jealousy of the mandarins

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A polite way of getting

Scenery amongst the mountains - Temple of Koo-

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rid of a spy

shan Its priests and idols - Buddha's tooth and other relics-

Trees and shrubs - City of Foo-chow-foo-Chinese mode of getting

out when the gates are shut-Journey up the Min- Chinese

sportsmen and their dogs - A deer-hunt-Scenery about Tein-

tung-Wild flowers - Roadside temples -The bamboo - A priest

and siphon Lakes of Tung-hoo

CHAPTER IX.

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Leave Ning-po for the Bohea mountains - My guides- - A flag and its

history - The Green River again - Spring scenery on its banks-

Yen-chow and Tā-yang — A storm in a creek — Boatwomen

Chinese Mrs. Caudle and a curtain lecture — Natural productions

- Funereal cypress and other trees - Our boat seized for debt and

the sail taken away - A Chinese creditor - Town of Nan-che-

Its houses, gardens, and trade-Vale of Nan-che - Productions

and fertility City of Chu-chu-foo Moschetoes and Moscheto

"tobacco"- Arrive at Chang-shan

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CHAPTER

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City of Chang-shan and its trade Land journey

My chair and

chair-bearers - Description of the road-Trains of tea coolies-

Roadside inns - Boundary of two provinces- Dinner at a Chinese

inn - Value of the chopsticks Adventure with two Canton men

- City of Yuk-shan — Its trade and importance - Quan-sin-foo-

My servant speculates in grass-cloth - A Chinese test of respecta-

bility - Description of the country and its productions Arrive at

the town of Hokow

Town of Hokow

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CHAPTER XI.

- Its situation, trade, and great importance-Bohea

mountain chair

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Beggars by the wayside -

Mountain road

the priest and his bell - Town of Yuen-shan

- Appearance of the road-Tea coolies - Different modes of

carrying the tea-chests Large tea-growing country

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plantations - My first night in a Chinese inn- Reception - Dirty

bed-rooms - I console myself, and go to dinner

CHAPTER XII.

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First view of the Bohea mountains - Mountain pass A noble fir-

tree-Its name and history-Flora of the mountains-New plants

- Source of the river Min - Entertainment for man and beast —

A rugged road and another pass-A gale amongst the mountains-

An amusing old China-woman Sugar and tea-spoons - A kind

landlord - The Tein-sin - Arrive at the city of Tsong-gan-hien-

Its situation, size, and trade - Tea-farms

Woo-e-shan

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Ascent of the hill-Arrive at a Buddhist temple-

Description of the temple and the scenery - Strange rocks - My

reception - Our dinner and its ceremonies - An interesting con-

versation An evening stroll - Formation of the rocks - Soil -

View from the top of Woo-e-shan A priests' grave - A view by

moonlight-Chinese wine -Cultivation of the tea-shrub - Chains

and monkeys used in gathering it - Tea-merchants - Happiness

and contentment of the peasantry

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Stream of "nine windings”— A Taouist priest - His house and temple

- Du Halde's description of these hills Strange impressions of

gigantic hands on the rocks - Tea-plants purchased - Adventure

during the night - My visitors - Plants packed for a journey—

Town of Tsin-tsun and its trade -Leave the Woo-e hills-Moun-

tain scenery-The lance-leaved pine-Rocks, ravines, and water-

falls-A lonely road-Trees-Birds and other animals-Town of

She-pa-ky-Productions of the country-Uses of the Nelumbium

-Pouching teas-City of Pouching-hien.

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CHAPTER XV.

Some advice to the reader - Botany of the black-tea country

Geological features - Soil - Sites of tea-farms- Temperature -

Rainy season - Cultivation and management of tea-plantations -

Size of farms-Mode of packing - Chop names - Route from

the tea-country to the coast-Method of transport - Distances

-Time occupied Original cost of tea in the tea-country-

Expenses of carriage to the coast - Sums paid by the foreign

merchant-Profits of the Chinese-Prospect of good tea becoming

cheaper - Tüng-po's directions for making tea - His opinion on

its properties and uses.

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CHAPTER XVI.

Geography of the tea-shrub - Best tea districts of China - Names of

tea-plants- Black and green tea made from the same variety - My

Chinamen asked to make tea from Pongamia glabra-They succeed!

-Difference between black and green tea depends upon manipulation

- Method of making green tea Of making black - Difference in

the manipulation of the two kinds - Mr. Warrington's remarks on

this subject-A familiar illustration-The tea-plant-Inferior teas

made from Thea bohea - Best teas hade from Thea viridis - The

Woo-e-shan variety — The tea-plant affected by climate and repro-

duction Tea cultivation in America and Australia - In English

gardens

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CHAPTER XVII.

Inn at Pouching-hien - Opium-smokers and gamblers-Value of life

in China - A midnight disturbance - Sing-Hoo fights with a joss-

stick-Difficulty of procuring men next day- Sing-Hoo carries

the luggage, and we march- His bamboo breaks-Scene amongst

beggars Description of beggars in China-A "king of the

beggars - Charity always given I continue my journey

Mountain passes and Buddhist temples - A border town and Tartar

guard-We are inspected and allowed to pass on .

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CHAPTER XVIII.

A celebrated Buddhist temple - Scenery around it — Its trees and

shrubs - Buddhist worship-Leave the temple-Reflections on

Buddhism - Important station for Christian missionaries - Pri-

vations they would have to endure - Roman Catholics and their

labours-Christian charity-Protestant missionaries -Their views

as to the interior of China - - A day-dream of China opened —

Bamboo paper-A mandarin on a journey - Town of Ching-hoo

- Engage a boat for Nechow-Return to Shanghae

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CHAPTER XIX.

Tea-plants, &c., taken to Hong-kong- Shipped for India - I sail

again for the north Shanghae gardens in spring- "South Gar-

den"

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Double-striped peach and other plants-Moutan gardens

Fine new varieties of the tree-pæony - Chinese method of pro-

pagating them - Mode of sending them to Canton - Value there

Introduction to Europe-Size in England — Azalea gardens

Skimmia Reevesiana New Azaleas - The "Kwei-wha"- The

Glycine Its native hills Chinese mode of training it. The

yellow Camellia .

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CHAPTER XX.

-Means taken in China to engage

Safe arrival of tea-plants in India

tea-manufacturers - I visit Chusan - My lodgings- A mandarin

who smoked opium - His appearance at daylight - A summer

morning in Chusan An emperor's edict The Yang-mae

Beauty of its fruit - City of Ting-hae- Poo-too, or Worshipping

Island- Ancient inscriptions in an unknown language ---A Chinese

caught fishing in the sacred lake-He is chased by the priests—

The bamboo again-The sacred Nelumbium-My holidays expire

Collections of tea-seeds and plants made - Return to Shanghae

Tea-manufacturers engaged - We bid adieu to the north of

China

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