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CHAPTER XXVI.

THE RETURN TO HOI-HOW.

Page Baggage booked —Alarm of robhers—Preparing to defend the town

Unnecessary barbarity—Mart for Le goods—Big snakes— Betel-nnt palms—Baskets of bones—The crowded inns of Au-pé —Palm groves and camellia trees—Lofty wooded ridges— Varieties of rattan—By hoat down the stream—Miasmatic yapours—The mart of Ka-chék—Cheap provisions—Cantonese merchants—Great cocoa-nut belt—Hwui-tung pagoda—Smitten

by fever—Sedan chairs—Strings of coolies carrying ileal “Hello sir]? 2. : > 485

CHAPTER XXVIT. GENERAL VIBW OF TEE ISLAND.

‘Topography of Hainan—Districts all converge towards the centre— The flora new and rich—Great variety of fruits—Natural history—Number and variety of birds—Mammals — Species of deer—Reptiles—Abundance of fich—Whales—Pearl fisheries

Meteorclogy —Typhoons—Earthquekes—Minerals—The Hai- nanese people—Su-tung-po—His influence upon the people— Hwang-Toa-po teaches cotton-spinning—Kiu-Siun—“ Ode to the Five-Finger Mountain” —Hai-Sui—His address to the emperor and imprisonment—Memorial gateway in Canton—“ The Story of the Scarlet, Rohe"—The religions of Hainan—An interesting field of inquiry—Its population, 9... 4195