New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-11
Mn. Albert smith at IIong-ISoug.

| HoNG-EoNG, August 22.-Here we are all safe and
sound among them at last surrounded by junks and
| pigtails, and noble ladies and gentlemen ! have
bought the enclosed pictures from splendid mer-
chant who has come OFF to the side OF the ship on
three panks, by the aid of broomstick We lett
Singapore on the Esd ult. ] was Immediately de-
lighted with IL it is quite Chinese place The shed
shops are such rich places they sell the most Won
dertul things in the-toys goods and lanterns, and
very queer crockery The filth they eat In the eating
houses far surpasses that cooked at that old tdtorad
at Genoa. 1t consists for the most parts OF rats bats
snais, bad eggs, and hdeous fish, dried IN the most
frghtfn attitudes. Some of the TeStaurrtRurS carry
their cook shops about with them on long poles,
with the kitchen at one end and SGue-a-manger at
the other. These are celebrated for soup made, /
should think, from large caterplllars, boiled in thin
gravy with onions. The BARRIERS also carry their
shops about and they shave cut boards, and syringe
ears right in the middle Of the street.
A Chinese merchant asked me to dinner. | went
OF course and after dinner started for the theater
They played q Chinese OPERA with about fifty per-
formers there were lots Of devils in the piece with
tumblng and fighting in every scene, They only
had one clarionet and two gongs in the orchestra,
but when there was situation in the piece one fel.
low knocked two hollow canes together to show the
audience they were to applaud. The merchant lives
in first rate style and has wonderful garden. All
the fruit trees are very small there were piue.lke
cabbages, and quantity of a large creeper called
regular pitchers and tops filed with water, from
which Jocko refreshes himself in the woods There
were also among his live stock Cashmere goats por-
cupines, kangaroos, Pekin pigs, and Brahmin bulls
and in the jungle across the valley, tigers and all
sorts of novelties slept on shore that night, or
rather went to bed, but could otseep as missed
the noise OF the screw and the creaking OF the tim
bers, and the bed was too steady.
The last night before we got to Hong Kong we had
an entertainment on board, aud was stage manager.
We made first rate room of sails and flags, and the
whole affair went off capitally There are hotels
at Hong Kong, but a very nice club with bedrooms.
was proposed and elected as soon as | arrived, so
that is very jolly. To-day they hold Chinese tete
in honor of their dead relations They keep firing
crackers all day in the streets and burn those long
pestilles, don't think they care much about their
religions they 60 into the temples to get COOL or sit
down, or go to sleep The children are frightened at
the gods they are hideous they roar with terror
when they are placed in front of them. The people
walk about with their hats on, and whistle and
smoke, and do what they like the merchants selling
gilt paper and pestes sit round the sides and some.
times they beat gong to attract customers. Nothing
that can write now can give You the least idea Of
this wonderful place; see every hour how very
faithful Cooks descriptions were