, 1876-05-15
A Visit to q Tea Garden md q
Chinese Theatre.
Wonderful Neatness Of the Japanese
Men and Women.
Transcendent Beauties Of the
Inland Sea.
Extraordinary Metal Statue Of Buddha
ut Narn.

paclnr 10 lnulsputAbly tho atrnnEe6t lIliYnngc
s1tant, and after hearing few nllrnses uttered
b this odd touguu, no reasonable Individual caia
aouht Ma1 hIucllcr's statement that II "Ba In
ba ba" bo properly pronounced, IL signifies
"thrco ladies' gave box on tho cut tu tho favor-
to OF tho Prtncai" Perhaps people who de-
Light In dwarlng trees, who glont over tue tor
suro Of thoir fc'low-mc1,, md who orc as tricky
Is they arc superstltious, need n monosylabic
language Of this nature; but how "John :"
sould ever llnyc tho heart to mutilato our mother
tongue md create thai extraordinary jargon,
Termed "Plgeon English" Is certainly beyond
ny powers Of comprehension.
stood with tho Roy. Mr.. DnyncB ono dny on
.ho "brldge" Of the Apcar, mud seeing China
man with MI ape on tho deck below, expressed n
lcsiro to get better Wow Of the animal.
Wliercupon my companion sang out "Talkeo
THAT monkey comco topsilol" n request which
Fms Immediately compiled with, though 1t
pounded ohscurc to my Western ears.
sincu dspatchlng my letter from, Hong Kong,
Ihnve passed through strungo and vnricd cx-
pcrtencos, all OF which have been Of thorough
y enjoyable nuturc an1 rcplcte with inter
sst. Leaving Hong Kong III the steamer
Gulong OIL tl1c morning Of tho 1Ath Of
MARCH,. bearing In onr minds the happy rem
!nlscenco ofa big dinner given us by The 1cy.
baving tue northeast Monsoon still against
Us, which, together with q dense toy,
enlightened, out our trip 10 Shanghai
a wSe a Z asua rsaufs fi for o Snyugs SS
It is seldom that tho gpds lcscentls from
Olympus, aud when they do, let ,iB entertain
!!em right jovially," seems TO BE- the maxim Of
e @ oy abpaes ep s a ' 1e sFisxS m s5sy sy
" 1t were posslblo to get them any htghcr), and
when We wero at anchor during tic fog We
amused ourselves In
FISHING FOR SHARKS,
This fact which mndo thu ncsriment run 80 hfg
Entering tho yellow flood Of the Ynng- Kiaig,
Ehicll, next to tho Amazon and Nfississippl, Ii
Shanghai INC evening ii tho 1glli. It wes licrc
tlat we Ind our first t'jinricksl,a,' ride, tic
selcle resembling exactly twe.wlcelrd bal,y-
carr!age, Though, Of course, Of exaggerated pro-
bills, dashes along at an astonishing pnec, n,ld
assure you VIC presented quits u pIctur:.
d to IT. Central Hotel, ths blaldyr
sato iramoSo1E Of bnnaboo) % hangug g from Tile Tie
Ike lot Of vsfitab1o awEill q ta ths wsps" is @ W
more singular means OF locomotion md one
the wlcelnaEroiv, onc.whecled contrivance SO
arranged that thcre is seat OIL either side Of
Tho Whoul. Strange to say, tho coolies, by
t!it aaitrSisy tipping tho barrow, carry ono person
sllunglni, . clty of 100000 inhabitants, and
tho most active OF the Chsncsc ports, is stt,iatc
m on fiat, uninterssting plain, tho native town
being inclose1 with wallis, mid the European
tue river banks forinlng tho most important
fcaturc of the town,-inany Of tic buildings
being really fine: The streets being extremely
whrrlbarrows uro not allowed within tho walls.
No, taking Sedan chalre, We wero carriel through
lhs crowded streets, ,tllo dim halt-light, tlle
lacquered signa, THO .gny lanterns. md store
dragons, @ an presenting st!iKirg picture
Your noses, however, might well be
dispensed with OIL the occaslon Of q
i?agra1t places, shangha. eertslnly " carries oil oil
the pulm. At tho Tcmple wo found tho usual
accumulation Of incxpllcablo rubbish, while q
baud Ut boy musicians weru discoursi,lg hilcous
to l'calth II a SEX man. wo found I''tt, mucl, to
amuse us In tho street, for asilc from tho
curious fabrics and attractive articles Offered for
sag, sao Dy innumeraelo trnlesmc9, every ayailablo
cakca mud confectionery, iugglers, quack physi-
rlaus, wandering musfdnlls, mountcbanks, and
fortunate tcllers. Tho latter piled M especially
aty9 t5sao thsi beiag listened to
a WALK THROUGH A TEA GARDEN
qnbllc resort filed with grotesque work In
stone alsl plaster, which sometimes resolved
1tsrlf Into n'lnlnturo cave or formed tho ru.le
stream. Wo Waited "1nixcd court " TO sec
justice administered, saw n number Of hard
booking wrctehes wearing the "canguo IA
ial huge board arrangement through Witch the
70 wear exposed to tho public gazc-and arrived
esi Ssnaer who was nsinf snsvcd to
IhR Ind hmm nj In