Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-25
WHOLE NO. 1O,4O9.

/ TO he seen. The great peculiarity of pocod,
island Is the eight-storied pagoda, made a
massive granite which is on the peak of tn,
, | hill situated III the center of the island
The island itself is but small niece n
, land, measuring three miles long by on,
and half To two and -three-ouartnr,
OF mile broad. This pagoda. rising bea.
con-hke IN the immediate cers;re of tho
place, has the appearance of a gigantic
lighthouse in the heart of valley. On
the otlscr side of the river and directly ON.
poSite to the island is the Pagoda Cestom
House, branch Of the principal Office at
FOochow.
TuE MIN PORTS
| couple of miles below the Custom
House are situated the Min forts. of which
| shere are four, two on each side of the
| rsver. These Sorts are each mounted with
sir formidable Hrupp guns, capable of ear
| ryiag shot or She'll clear across the river.
| The garrison Is composed exclusively of
native troops, ana the forts themselves are
| carthEorkS backed NO hy solid masonry.
| At tse Pagoda Custom Heuse the river
| Min divides into two branches, one going
south toward a place called Yuen Foo.
and named the luen Foo branch, the other.
| or main branch, going west toward Foo
chow. Going up the river toward Foo
chow about mile beyond PagOda Island
and on the same side of the river. is
Mamoi, the seat of the Foochow arsenal
Sidil"i lS Slii'uI village leatuug toward
Il L""V!t"W, on tue same Sl"' eI the river as
,'lc 'l,N ''S'I' ana mas some tNe'V' or tit
Ven H'"'S'Iit lllaWt3hlS, VIA" &'' mostly
''>'''' ''''n '''" 'e''i''l"& people
THE NEsENAI..
The arsenal. which ya. rao.srrr.rl ma
der th,, suncrintrudrur,,t t,f pr,s,,,.- t,i..-,.l
and a force of French as,iSf..,t- i'm m,
wear lN7N-7I. is the most r,rp,,Int. fr..ii,,-
,iuu of its kind in the flr East. FI,. buil5-
ingS, which are all constructed 90. brick
and iron. cover forty TWO y,.r.> ..f ,,r,,,,j
and everything. from th,. smallest rair fl,
the largest anchor. is made here Th...
are two large slips upan which tN., ',r-,.-,
mcn-of-var in the Chinese navy .-r,, h..
docked. These sims arc fitted urn-- ,r, in
cliucd plane. and the vessel, ar, Iinrd
bodily out nf the water by.1aclils ,i 81 So
ries OF screws driven by powerful steam
Gl7tleS' h'>'dCS me snpS there arc tour
HS"nVt S4,P"T""'llI NarH. l'"io Whloh
,'' e"i're ""IHo" l'''' OF composite gun.
n'a,S' iWca'N-'oMr III hu'nH'r' nave had
'"tlI n.''H. lA'Se E"hh"I'S are all
v"HS5I I"ytyu ~ leiN an" RolaNe
Wool WIN IRON SlFutrS; me teak
WOO" comes rom bahEN"k; sam, Wm!e
c slr i,,."vG; I "iiien ~ 9Sta eNJ'US,Tely
!"T Knees Is imported rom !he fhll-
IPpiIle l9'VI'|S' mere "re lud'uIue SHOPS
Ml'Iio'', hummer "4ere rom plthS made
os i 'lle HiItse nav" students, al me nee
''N'N "'I''."cI! t" proper th' S,thuoa'S
an" lheI' II l,'auc' fouA"HeS ior
ron anu pr'SS 'dS'lhSS' ooNh lArSr anu
:; s,""i'' 'I' nViV 1" pe I"u.iu' anu some OF
me ,t i"iSeS' Ia'HcN ever nl'tie III England or
~ II rance nave l"'i'ld 'helr way uut mere.
i i ne a'St'i"i ''i'PlS'c cost over Tlo'oVo,VW'
rom "S"ua A.lchOf"St 10 Foooh"W II Is
necessary 10 90 III NailpIn OF puilaWaN
poat' OF eiSe 10 take olleu the small steam
iaui!chcs plying on 'le river lnr the pur-
pose as 'hc wafer Is TOO shallow to allow
deeP-drauSht vessels to go beyond Mamoi,
Wnere lle arSehai IS situated. me rise and
lall IN 'le river Is from tWeIVe 10 twenty
slN ieet' ailu' III gong up or doWn the river
III sallpanS' II Is necessary 10 follow the
uue' "ilch iulis ana eoos twice Il DAY
THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY
Arrived NJ the Aeod of tbe river reor
Foochow the left ar sontb bont il occu-
MED bv the suburb Nont,i or " south
Terrace where the torcign community,
live and where the foreign. mannred In
nerial Maritime Customs has It's bnod
office. NtntlI I an island which formed
by the Yuen Foo and Min rivers. and is a
very pretty place. The tea trade of Foo
chow being the alI-imnortant commerce of
the place, all the tea merchants have their
hongs or offices right near the river, which
is banked up with heavy granite seawall.
The up-country boats all land their tea
here and the same is taken i'll the ware
houses, or "godowns, as they are called,
and there refined repacked and matted,
prior to shipment. Tea forms 30 per cent.
of all the exports of the port and the value
of that commodity exported during the
year 1883 was over S20,0J00OO. The river
at Nautai swarms with junks of all sizes
and descriptions, which come from all
parts of the coast with native produce.
The foreigners at Nantai have a mag
nihcrnt clubhouse, recreation and cricket
ground, in which is combined race-course.
Pony races take place at the Nantai race
course twice a year, and ponies come here
from H0ngkOng. Shanghai and Annoy. and
what with outdoor sports in the summer.
and amateur theatricals and social parties
in the winter. the three hundred and odd
residents do not have such dull time of
il as one would imagine. The ten is con
vcyed to the shipping at pagoda Anchorage
in cargo boats, lowed down the river by
powerful steam launches. Connecting
Nantai with the city of Foochow is an inn
mensc stone bridge leading across the river
tn an island half way over. and called