CHAPTER XI.

Town of Hokow― Its situation, trade, and great importance-Bohea

mountain chair Mountain road - Beggars by the wayside

Beautiful scenery - 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 - Soil and

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

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

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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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CHAPTER XIII.

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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-

An evening stroll - Formation of the rocks - Soil-

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versation

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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CHAPTER XIV.

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

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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

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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

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- Distances

cost of tea in the tea-country

-Time occupied - Original

Expenses of carriage to the coast -

merchant-Profits of the Chinese

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Sums paid by the foreigu

· Prospect of good tea becoming

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

its properties and uses.

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CHAPTER XVI.

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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 made 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

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

and Buddhist temples - A border town and Tartar

guard-We are inspected and allowed to pass on

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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 . Page 302

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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" - 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.

Safe arrival of tea-plants in India-Means taken in China to engage

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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CHAPTER XXI.

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Experiments with tea-seeds-Best method of sending them to distant

countries How oaks and chestnuts might be transported

Arrive at Calcutta - Condition of the collections East India

Company's botanic garden — Amherstia and other plants in bloom

-Proceed onwards - The Sunderbunds - Arrive at Allahabad

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Saharunpore garden Mussooree garden - Its trees and other

productions Its value to the country and to Europe. Page 355

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Ordered to inspect the tea-plantations in India - Deyra Doon planta-

tion Mussooree and Landour-Flora of the mountains-Height

Our mode of travelling — Hill-plants

and general character

resemble those of China — Guddowli plantation · Chinese manu-

facturers located there I bid them farewell-The country im-

proves in fertility - Tea-plantations near Almorah · Zemindaree

plantations-Leave Almorah for Bheem Tal-View of the Snowy

range-Bheem Tal tea-plantations - General observations on tea

culture in India Suggestions for its improvement --Other plants

which ought to be introduced-Nainee Tal — Arrive at Calcutta--

The Victoria regia

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4. Curious mode of gathering the Ling near Kea-hing-foo

5. Palm-tree (Chamærops excelsa ?)

6. Funereal Cypress

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7. Relic-Cage

8. Buddha's Tooth

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12. Mode of carrying the finest Tea across the Bohea moun

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13. Mode of carrying common Tea

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14. Chinese Tomb

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15. Chinese Bird's-eye View of the "Stream of Nine Windings"