Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-04
The verandah. where new series Of del

ed with their caps on, shaking their own
hands, sa, on our left, fed us with their
own chopstcks; and now they commence
ed TO examine our apparel, piece by
piece-crava,. wastcoa,, SHIRT bosoms,
trousers, sword belt, gloves, all in turn
were inspected Fortunately. our good
genius. DR. Parker. told us that This was
The very achme Of polleness. and 10 be
initiated without delay. Nothing was
more agreeable to rs. who had with great
patience and suavlty. shown our hats and
swords and coats; and we began TO scrnli
nize their dress and ornaments. We
examined their caps and buttons, and
peacock feathers; their li,lle embroidered
bags, which with fan eases aud snuff
boxes. they hang from their girdles; their
lhumb-rings Of agate. iheir sllken girdes
and jewelled buckles. One of them,
lung Lin, Tartar, made himself merry
with a swordbelt belonging 10 one of
us He put il on 10 show how much too
SIN IL il was, s,rnied up aud down to
show us his partly figure, struck his full
chest. and told us III a voice Of thunder
thai he was Mantchoo he, then seized
my hand aud squeezed it, to show his
strength. He WAS a terror spreading FAR
tar General. After two hours of inlelec-
| tual intercourse of this sort. our friends
| retired. The procession reformed. eongs
| bea, and pipes >quealed. the exeuc,iuners
yelled. the lit,Ie ponies were pulled up
between their riders legs. and we were
left 10 reAec. upon Chinese men and man
| nerS.
Entering The Canton River.
For the frs: twenty miles. the waters
are generally rough. the whole bay being
exposed to the notlherv and easleriy
winds. and there are no objects of in,er-
est. BY and by. the Bocca Tigris and
the forts of the Bogue, appear. A. this
point, about fifty miles above Macoa, is
| the actual mouth of tire Canton river
The shores approach each other with very
| high and hiily banks. and the entrance
is not more Than a cannon shot wide -
The white walls of The forts on both
sides, and on Tiger Island in the centre
Of the river. present formidable appear.
auee. But on examination, they show
! then selves 10 he almost useless ereclions.
Thpy are built not on the top of the hill,
nor are they guarded by of the Notifications
on the top. So thai 10 take them, the En-
glisn had onl, to land out Of gunsho,
march round TO the SUNNI, of The hill, and
fire down on the accnpants. They con.
slsl Of mere walls not covered in al all,
and of course afford no a.o,eciinu
Whatever agains, bombs, and HE porl
holes are AS large the doors of an or
binary barn. The cheii for, on the right,
as one goes up The river is a water line
battery, with port holes for more than
hundred guns, Of which | believe, none
were mounted.
First sigh Of Wumpoa.
Abou SIX miles below Canton are the
remains Of the barrier which the Chinese
built TO keep off The English. Its grea
dyke Of stone and piles narrow race
) way is now made through il, which ST
congresses the water that il ran be pasSet
ONLY a, a7favorable time of tide. Tn,
current often runs here six or seven mile:
an hour. AT length boats and craft thick
en- like The carriages in a crowded street
! They come down the stream with a fint
r wind dozen abreast. occupying ,ht
+. whole river. Coli sion seems inevitable
e \ large junk. is within twenty feet, com
. ing directly 10. your boat with all sail
/. sci. All TIE tales Of cruelty and indtfer
7 ence TO human life. which we hear .relatet
. Of The people of China and. especially III
h river population, rusk upon. the mind =
5 They certainly mean 10 run you down
and your crew seen look upon il wit
u perfect apathy. In an instant within
! five feet of celii,ion-round swings son
e or the other Beat and they have passed
9 The dexterty Of the Chinese with thei
u boats. exceeds that Of any other people
k Vessels ar. now seen at anchor. in Ion
II rows, anttlouses floating on the water i
e great blacks. One sails through street
d nfboaisas regular as those of houses o
l land, silh ornamenled fronts, like sma
r cottages; doors, windows. lamps. elegan
2. " carved and git pilastres and por,icoe,
9 AMI abundance Of Inhabitants Butche
'e b,ats vegetable boats, and scavenger boat,
h pass up and down the streets. their occl
$, pants. crying their various commodilie,
. and calling to sell Or carry away. 1t
. a floating city said 10 number, Of lho>
. who live wholly on the wa'er-are Dor
!. there, pursue their hussine>s there, an
i die there seldom touching terra firlna :
: three hundred thousand souls.
e Canton
Canton itself is situate on a low piec
d Of ground hardly above the level Of ii
$ river. Lofty hills approach j, on the cas-
V ard an eminence Is close 10 it on whic
II Is a Tartar military station. will n,
I attempt to describe Canton al any Length
a lis population is six hundred ihousan
), or more. lis streets are seldom owe
d eigh, fee. IN width; the houses low al
, dark The city within the walls is sa
Ia be smaller than the suburbs. One cal
d no, discover which is the city. and While
e is the suburbs. until he is informed
4 The walls. which are high and very m !.
o sive, form the backs Of the shops ar
!. stores. bull, along them. In walking ne
n the walls, one sees nothing but shops.
r Even the gates are not noticeable.
IS which there are many in the surburb
IS as well as arches crossing the Streets