Chapter XXXI: Sights and Scenes in Canton. 408

ILLUSTRATIONS.

A Japanese Swimming-scene. Reproduced from a Painting
by a Japanese Artist _Frontispiece_.

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Mr. Bassett has Decided 17
Mary 18
Mary Thinking what she would Like from Japan 19
Overland by Stage in the Olden Time 20
Overland by Rail in a Pullman Car 21
Cooking-range in the Olden Time 24
Cooking range on a Pullman Car 24
Change for a Dollar--Before and After 25
Kathleen's Expectations for Frank and Fred 26
Effie Waiting for Somebody 28
Good-bye 29
Watering-place on the Erie Railway 30
The Course of Empire 31
Valley of the Neversink 32
Starucca Viaduct 33
Niagara Falls, from the American Side 34
Entrance to the Cave of the Winds 36
From Chicago to San Francisco 38
Omaha 39
Attacked by Indians 41
Herd of Buffaloes Moving 42
An Old Settler 43
"End of Track" 44
Snow-sheds on the Pacific Railway 45
View at Cape Horn, Central Pacific Railway 46
Seal-rocks, San Francisco 47
Departure from San Francisco 48
Dropping the Pilot 49
The Golden Gate 50
In the Fire-room 51
The Engineer at his Post 53
The Wind Rising 55
Spouts 57
Whale-ship Outward Bound 57
Captain Spofford Telling his Story 58
New Bedford 59
Sperm-whale 60
"There she blows!" 61
Implements Used in Whaling 62
Whale "Breaching" 63
In the Whale's Jaw 64
Captain Hunting's Fight 66
A Game Fellow 67
A Free Ride 68
Captain Sammis Selling Out 70
Shooting at a Water-spout 71
Frank Studying Navigation 73
Working up a Reckoning 75
View in the Bay of Yeddo 76
Japanese Junk and Boats 77
A Japanese Imperial Barge 78
Japanese Government Boat 79
Yokohama in 1854 81
A Japanese Street Scene 84
Japanese Musicians 86
Japanese Fishermen 87
"Sayonara" 88
Japanese Silk-shop 89
Seven-stroke Horse 90
Female Head-dress 91
The Siesta 91
A Japanese at his Toilet for a Visit of Ceremony 92
A Japanese Breakfast 95
Mutsuhito, Mikado of Japan 97
Landing of Perry's Expedition 98
The Last Shogoon of Japan 99
Third-class Passengers 102
Japanese Ploughing 103
Japanese Roller 104
Manuring Process 104
How they Use Manure 105
Mode of Protecting Land from Birds 106
Storks, Drawn by a Native Artist 106
Flock of Geese 107
Forts of Shinagawa 108
A Jin-riki-sha 109
Japanese on Foot 111
An Express Runner 112
A Japanese Coolie 113
Pity for the Blind 114
View of Tokio, from the South 115
Japanese Lady Coming from the Bath 116
Fire-lookouts in Tokio 117
Too Much Sa-kee 118
Sakuradu Avenue in Tokio 119
Japanese Children at Play 121
The Feast of Dolls ("Hina Matsuri") in a Japanese House 122
A Barber at Work 123
A Transaction in Clothes 124
Ball-playing in Japan 125
Sport at Asakusa 126
Spire of a Pagoda 127
Belfry in Court-yard of Temple, showing the Style of a
Japanese Roof 128
Shrine of the Goddess Ku-wanon 130
Praying-machine 132
Archery Attendant 134
A Japanese Flower-show. Night Scene 135
A Christening in Japan 137
A Wedding Party 138
Strolling Singers at Asakusa 139
View from Suruga Dai in Tokio 140
A Child's Nurse 140
Lovers Behind a Screen. A Painting on Silk Exhibited at the
Tokio Fair 141
Blacksmith's Bellows 142
A Grass Overcoat 143
A High-priest in Full Costume 145
A Japanese Temple 146
A Wayside Shrine 148
The Great Kosatsu, near the Nihon Basin 150
Blowing Bubbles 151
Father and Children 153
Caught in the Rain 155
A Village on the Tokaido 157
A Party on the Tokaido 159
Beginning of Relations between England and Japan 161
Pilgrims on the Road 162
Threshing Grain 163
Peasant and his Wife Returning from the Field 164
A Japanese Sandal 165
The Great Dai-Boots 166
Salutation of the Landlord 168
The Head Waiter Receiving Orders 168
A Japanese Kitchen 170
Boiling the Pot 171
Frank's Inventory 172
How the Japanese Sleep 173
A Japanese Fishing Scene 175
"Breakfast is ready" 176
Interior of a Tea-garden 178
The Path in Enoshima 179
A Group of Japanese Ladies 181
Specimen of Grotesque Drawing by a Japanese Artist 182
Bettos, or "Grooms," in Full Dress 185
A Japanese Loom 188
Artists at Work 189
Coopers Hooping a Vat 190
Crossing the River 192
Mother and Son 193
A Fishing Party 194
The Man they Met 196
Travelling by Cango 198
Japanese Norimon 199
Frank's Position 200
Hot Bath in the Mountains 201
A Japanese Bath 202
The Lake of Hakone 203
Antics of the Horses 206
A Near View of Fusiyama 207
In a Storm near Fusiyama 208
Ascent of Fusiyama 211
The Four Classes of Society 216
Two-sworded Nobles 218
A Samurai in Winter Dress 219
Beheading a Criminal 221
Japanese Court in the Old Style 224
Japanese Naval Officer 225
Japanese Steam Corvette 225
A Japanese War-junk of the Olden Time 226
A Japanese Wrestler 228
A Pair of Wrestlers and their Manager 230
The Clinch 231
Japanese Actor Dressed as a Doctor 233
The Samisen 234
Playing the Samisen 235
Scene from a Japanese Comedy.--Writing a Letter of Divorce 236
Scene from a Japanese Comedy.--Love-letter Discovered 237
Telling the Story of Bumbuku Chagama 238
Frank's Purchase 240
Japanese Pattern-designer 241
Fan-makers at Work 241
Chinese Cloisonné on Metal 242
Japanese Cloisonné on Metal 243
Japanese Bowl 243
Cover of Japanese Bowl 244
Chinese Metal Vase 246
Modern Japanese Cloisonné on Metal 247
Japanese Metal Cloisonné 248
Chinese Porcelain Cloisonné 248
Group Carved in Ivory 249
Japanese Pipe, Case, and Pouch 249
Japanese Artist Chasing on Copper 251
A Japanese Village.--Bamboo Poles Ready for Market 252
A Japanese Lady's-maid 254
Bride and Bridesmaid 255
Merchant's Family 255
Mysteries of the Dressing-room 256
Lady in Winter Walking-dress 257
A Girl who had never Seen a Dressing-pin 259
Ladies' Hair-dresser 260
Ladies at their Toilet 261
Japanese Ladies on a Picnic 262
Ladies and Children at Play 263
Flying Kites 264
A Village in the Tea District 266
Tea-merchants in the Interior 267
The Tea-plant 268
Firing Tea 269
Hiogo (Kobe) 270
The Junk at Anchor 271
The Helmsman at his Post 272
Japanese Sailors at Dinner 273
Junk Sailors on Duty 274
View from the Hotel 276
The Castle of Osaka 277
Vignette from the National Bank-notes 280
Imperial Crest for Palace Affairs 281
Imperial Crest on the New Coins 281
Old Kinsat, or Money-card 282
Ichi-boo 282
Vignette from Bank-note 283
Vignette from Bank-note 283
Men Towing Boats near Osaka 284
Mode of Holding the Tow-ropes 284
The Ferry-boat 285
The Hotel-maid 285
A Japanese Landscape 286
Dikes along the River 287
Night Scene near Fushimi 288
Women of Kioto 289
Ladies of the Western Capital 292
Restaurant and Tea-garden at Kioto 294
An Artist at Work 295
Lantern-maker at Kioto 295
A Japanese Archer 297
Temple Bell at Kioto 298
Reeling Cotton 298
Japanese Temple and Cemetery 299
Handcart for a Quartette 300
Horse Carrying Liquid Manure 301
The Paternal Nurse 301
Picnic Booth Overlooking Lake Biwa 302
A Maker of Bows 302
The Inland Sea near Hiogo 303
Approaching Simoneseki 304
Dangerous Place on the Suwo Nada 304
Pappenberg Island 305
Women of Nagasaki 306
A Christian Village in the Sixteenth Century 307
Monuments in Memory of Martyrs 308
A Path near Nagasaki 309
Hollander at Deshima Watching for a Ship 310
The Rain Dragon 311
The Wind Dragon 312
The Thunder Dragon 312
A Typhoon 314
Course of a Typhoon 316
Caught near the Storm's Centre 317
The Woosung River 318
Chinese Trading-junk on the Woosung River 319
Shanghai 321
A Coolie in the Streets of Shanghai 322
A Tea-house in the Country 324
Smoking Opium 324
Opium-pipe 325
Man Blinded by the Use of Opium 326
Chinese Gentleman in a Sedan 327
Canal Scene South of Shanghai 328
A Chinese Family Party 330
A Gentleman of Chin-kiang 331
Chinese Spectacles 332
Ploughing with a Buffalo 333
Threshing Grain near Chin-kiang 333
Carrying Bundles of Grain 334
A River Scene in China 335
A Nine-storied Pagoda 337
Little Orphan Rock 337
Entrance to Po-yang Lake 338
Tae-ping Rebels 340
General Ward 342
The Gate which Ward Attacked 343
General Burgevine 344
Fishing with Cormorants 347
A Street in Han-kow 349
Wo-chang 350
The Governor-general and his Staff 351
Attack on the Pei-ho Forts 353
Temple of the Sea-god at Taku 355
A Chinese Beggar 355
Signing the Treaty of Tien-tsin 356
Mode of Irrigating Fields 359
The Doctor's Bedroom 360
Part of the Wall of Pekin 361
A Pekin Cab 362
A Composite Team 363
A Chinese Dragon 364
A Pavilion in the Prohibited City 366
Temple of Heaven 367
Pekin Cash 367
Traditional Likeness of Confucius 368
God of War 368
God of Literature 368
God of Thieves 368
A Mandarin Judge Delivering Sentence 369
Squeezing the Fingers 371
Squeezing the Ankles 371
A Bed of Torture 372
Four Modes of Punishment 373
Standing in a Cage 374
Hot-water Snake 374
Carrying Forth to the Place of Execution 375
Just Before Decapitation 375
Military Candidates Competing with the Bow and Arrow 376
Walking on Stilts 378
Juggler Spinning a Plate 379
Gambling with a Revolving Pointer 379
Fortune-telling by Means of a Bird and Slips of Paper 380
Fortune-telling by Dissecting Chinese Characters 381
Chinese Razor 382
Barber Shaving the Head of a Customer 382
Bridge of the Cloudy Hills 383
The God of the Kitchen 384
A Lama 385
The Hills near Chan-kia-kow 386
Specimen of Chinese Writing 389
Four Illustrations of the Chinese Version of "Excelsior" 393
Barracoons at Macao 394
Coolies Embarking at Macao 395
Enraged Coolie 396
A Deadly Fall 396
Firing Down the Hatchway 397
The Writing in Blood 398
The Interpreters 399
Hong-kong 401
Fac-simile of a Hong-kong Mille, Dime, and Cent 403
Fort in Canton River 404
Gateway of Temple near Canton 406
Street Scene in Canton 410
Five-storied Pagoda 412
Horseshoe or Omega Grave 413
Presenting Food to the Spirits of the Dead 414
A Leper 414
A Literary Student 415
A Literary Graduate in his Robes of Honor 415
A Sedan-chair with Four Bearers 416
A Small Foot with a Shoe on it 417
Peasant-woman with Natural Feet 417
A Tablet Carved in Ivory 419
"Good-bye!" 421