CONTENTS. Arrive at Hong-kong Centipede boats CHAPTER I. Excitement on the arrival of the mail- Bay of Hong-kong by moonlight - Town of CHAPTER II. - My object in coming north - Difficulty in procuring tea-plants- No - - CHAPTER III. 19 Leave Hang-chow-foo - A China passage-boat-Scenery and natural - water-mills - Botany of the country - A valuable palm-tree - Page 45 - CHAPTER IV. - - City of Wae-ping-Threatened attack from boatmen - A false alarm 67 CHAPTER V. Sung-lo-shan-Its priests and tea - Its height above the sea formation Flora of the hills Cultivation of the tea-shrub Rock Temperature and climate -- · Mode of preserving its seeds- The the Chinese - 86 CHAPTER VI. My reception in the house of Wang's father A smoky Chinese CONTENTS. CHAPTER VII. xi Kintang or Silver Island - Its inhabitants and productions - Bay of CHAPTER VIII. Foo-chow-foo-Jealousy of the mandarins A polite way of getting - rid of a spy CHAPTER IX. Leave Ning-po for the Bohea mountains history The Green River again - 133 - My guides - A flag and its Yen-chow and Tā-yang- A storm in a creek --- - Chinese Mrs. Caudle and a curtain lecture - Natural productions - - CHAPTER X. - 159 City of Chang-shan and its trade Land journey - - CHAPTER XI. Town of Hokow Its situation, trade, and great importance - Bohea CHAPTER XII. First view of the Bohea mountains - Mountain pass-A noble fir- - Its situation, size, and trade - Tea-farms 208 CHAPTER XIII. Woo-e-shan - Ascent of the hill - Arrive at a Buddhist temple — - CHAPTER XIV. - Stream of "nine windings"-A Taouist priest -His house and temple . 240 |