they might have cause to regret going thither. It used not to be an uncommon thing for these people to greet an Englishman with a shower of stones. People have tried to establish an English co

owed to the children. It is made of stone, and composed of many arches, or rather square gateways,

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much to live in t

; for they did not look, and were

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ants take up in the day-time and let down at night, to prevent, as the

Canton to visit, it seemed like bringing the end nearer-going much nearer to it, when they went to Hong-Kong even for a few days, for there her parents were to be left behind when she and Leonard re

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Paul's College, during the few days that they now remained at Hong-Kong, before continuing their

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r, in a floating house, for the people to whom it

s of the boat people. Their very little children were tied to doors, and other parts of the boat, by long ropes. Those who were three or four years old had floats round their backs, so that if they fell overboard they would not sink, and their parents could jump in after them. Most care seemed t

ok partly like temples, and have altars and idols, also incense burning within them. The names of the priests who live there, and the rites they perform, are written up in the boats. The boat

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played about on board quite as happily as did children on shore. They looked strong, and seemed to be fond of one another. One woman going along was very angry with one of her children, and for a punishment threw him into the w

irectly they arrived here coolies were to be seen, standing and sitting, on the pier beside their chairs, waiting for a fare. Very eager the

rs. They spoke such funny pigeon English to him, and made him wonder why they would put "ee" to the end of so many of their words. When Leonard once wished to speak to his father, who was on in front, and succeeded in making his bearers understand this, one of them said "My no can catchee." They admired the boy very much, and wanted to persuade him to let

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everal times, which seemed to be a commo

ok his head to show that he knew nobody of this na

ondon-side,"

alked so much, he said "No-ee know-ee," and shook his head again. I think it was the expression on h

Englishman must know every other Englishman; having, indeed, such very small ideas of our

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ined flower-gardens, orchards, woods, large trees, beautiful grass slopes, and very many buildings. The English town of Victoria was built along the sea-coast. As Hong-Kong belongs to Great Britain, the Government here was, of course, English; there were Christian temples, as well as Buddhist, and

ight" the evening after they had arrived at Hong-Kong, "that China is rather a 'F

nce we came to China," Leonard

regular labyrinth of streets, some leading into very fine roads. In one part of Hong-Kong nothing but shops and houses of busine

e by it is also the hotel of Hong-Kong. Into this Sybil and Leonard were taken to have some t

e, as he was so important a person as a policeman, he thought Sybil might like to

s were constantly arriving. Besides English merchants, Chinese, American, French, German, Hindoo merchants, and others also traded with the little island, and shared what wealth she had. Hong-Kong is very English-looking, compared with other places in China, and the people are not only governed by English laws, but their crimes are tried by English judges. But even at Canton, Shanghai, and other ports where the English have settlements, they now

nly gave an account of Leonard's bravery, of which she was really more proud t

to see furniture and beautiful porcelain. The principal curiosities had come from Canton, so I suppose when we get there we shall find still better things; and in Canton people paint on that pretty rice paper. Across the road were meat, fish, vegetable, and puppy-dog shops. Yes, the Chinese do eat dogs: in some shops in Hong-Kong we have seen a number for sale; and they eat cats and rats too. We could tell a shop in which clothes were sold some little distance off, because an imi

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unlucky. The other day a coolie fell down and broke a number of things. He had not to replace any of them, but the master had to buy all the things again because it was fine weather. If it had been dirty and slippery, the boy must have bought them. None of us could understand the meaning of this till it was e

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y care to go through a straight way, and never trouble to go anywhere in a crooked direction. Over the doorway were some characters, which father's teacher has written out for me. They were, being read from right to left, backwards: 'Te?n How Kov Meaou,' and signify, 'The Ancient Temple of the Queen of Heaven.' Tien-How is the goddess of sailors, and often called 'The Queen of Heaven.' To the right was a doctor's shop, where prescriptions were sold to the priests; and to the left an old priest was se

e was going to beat them because he carried a walking-stick. Chinamen, excepti

people looking at it were stranger still, what with the hats they wore and the funny way they did their hair. He declared one woman had horns. I never saw such pretty lanterns as the Chinese have. Father says that on the fifteenth day of their first month (which is not always the same, a

year will be on the twenty-ninth of Jan

ite that one short letter in Formosa. We are going on to Macao (it is pronounced Macow) the day after to-morrow, then we stay at Canton, and then come back her

soon have a long

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