Canton and the Bogue: The Narrative of an Eventful Six Months in ChinaSamuel Tinsley, 1875 - 261 ページ |
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advantages amusing appearance arrived attack attempt Author boat boys Canton river CHAPTER character chief chiefly China Chinaman Chinese Government Cochin China commenced coolies course Crown 8vo custom deck degree dinner empire English European feeling fire flower foreign formidable fortune French gharries give gunboats hand history of China Honam Hong Hong-Kong honour houses immense interest island journey junk Kiu-Kiang land leaving look Lord Macartney Macao Mandarins ment merchant miles Mistress of Langdale national amuse native never night occasion ourselves passed Pekin Government perhaps pidgin piracy pirates pleasant post free pretty race remarks residence rival Samuel Tinsley scented seemed settlement Shameen ship side sight Singapore Southampton Street steamer story Strand success sufficient Sumatra Taeping Tartar tea-man thing tion town treaty of Tientsin typhoon vols Whampoa whole WILLIAM MUNDY wind
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