The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-02-28

o"oh w S"p rIHHCIScO 10 BeJ crew;
for the crew we brought up with us,
"skedaddled" at Port Ludlow. Six Of
us sailed the vessel from Ludlow to
Port Angeles. where we gotta few men.
We were three days going down, and
we were pretty well tired OF it. Three
canoes full of Indians have Just left
the vessel, they brought fish out to sell
us. | bought two large fresh halibut
for 30 cents, and one for some match
es and tobacco. There is hardly a
breath of wind blowing, and We are
only five miles from the Cape. (Stew.
ard tells me, my halibut is cooked }
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4tb.
We arrived here this day. We
would have been in sooner, but we
were becalmed several days, and three
days we had heavy gale, and being
"short handed" we had pretty hard
time. q should like TO know what
"sca sickness" is-for have never ex.
perienced it
The sea was breaking over us near.
ly all the time; had several "sea
baths" which reminded me of the
baths / had in Newport, only these
were against my will You can imag.
inc that we were glad when we made
the lights on the Islands near the en- =.
trance of the Golden Gate"
HONG KONG, China,
Sept. 18th, We left San Francisco
on the 18th of May, fourteen days 60
ing down to the Sandwich Islands -
Between these Islands and the La.
drones we were becalmed near twenty
days. In all we made the passage in
two months; for we came to anchor at
Shanghai on the 18th of July. have
often seen rainbows at night at sea,
which is what | never saw on shore.
Left Shanghai on the 7th of Septem-
ber, and arrived here on the 10Th
Business is very dull here just now.
lshall visit Canton tomorrow, Shang-
hal is very sickly place; it is an ev
cry day occurrence to see dead bodies
floating down the river. The manner
in which the natives dispose of the
dead, is by putting the body in a box
and placing it in an open field, and
there they let it rest. One day whist
walking through field, l stumbled
over q box, and out rolled a human
skull. Shanghai is built on the Woo
sung river. branch of the Yanktiang,
about l8 rules from its mouth Prop.
erly speaking, Shanghai is divided into
four different provinces: Hanque or
American town, English and Frenoh
town, end Shanghai proper, which is
inside of the walls. The gates of the
walls are decorated with skulls and
bones, Joshes, (gods) pictures &c, &c
The walls are about twenty feet thick
The outsides are brick, the inner part
is composed of stone, plaster, mud
(dried) &c. On top is. a level plaster
walk. The stores look more like
dwelling houses than anything else,-
They nearly all have large from,
yard, and halt of them have NO signs
up
Cinnamon very seldom eat with ;
knife or fork, but use "chop-sticks,
about one foot long. By the time yor
could cat spoonful of rice, they
could eat q bowl full. Rice is theil
principal food, and tea their drink
They use neither milk or sugar il
their tea. If yon would cut China
man. s queue off, he would either Gu
his throat or drown himself, so prouC
is he of this ornament to his head. =
They are all great set of towards
but if there is large crowd of them
they seem very brave; but as soon a
one starts to run, they all go too =
They attend very strictly to their re
Iigion; if the white people wer
equally strict with regard to theirs
there would be less roguery in tn
world.
Canton is about GO miles up tn
Canton river, on the right hand sid,
going up. Oman is just opposite, OF
both sides you will find beautiful
walks. There is handsome neY
church nearly finished, belonging t
the English. You can still see the ru
ms OF the walls and houses whicI
were knocked down by the Chinese il
1856, when they drove the Enslis
out OF the place. Formerly it mus
have been a very fine place. wen
inside of some of their "Josh Houses,
/ (templcs) they arc decorated wit
pictures, "Joshes," &c, and they alway
have sandal wood burning, whic
gives the place pleasant odor. The
"chin chin" two "Joshes," good "Josh
and bad Josh" They "chin chin
good Josh" because he never hLrt
them and bad Josh" to get on tn
good side of him, so that he will no
hurt them. This is done by beatih
two or three gongs, and by setting fir
to two or three packs of fire crackers
and by making all the noise they car
l took walk on top of the walls, an
even to where the soldiers were, an
saw them ride their ponies at full rur
ana fire at target with their bow
and arrows whilst they were riding.
l stopped at Whampoa short time
Here the houses are mostly built o
piles in the river There are one o
two dock yards there, and that is a
there is of the place, On the river
in China there are hundreds and thou
sands of families live IN boats, ("Sar
Pans, y Junks, &c. Hong Kong is tn
prettiest place in China 1t is bull
on Hong Kong Island on the side OF
large hill which very much resemble
Gibraltar. There are beautiful walk