54. Church and Houses of Methodist Episcopal Mission.
CHUNG-ANG, SINGING WOMEN (NEAR SING CHANG).
COUNTRY WOMEN CULLING TEA (NEAR SING CHANG).
3.—ISLAND OF KOOLANSOO AND AMOY.
Island of Koolansoo and harbor and town of Amoy taken from the rock at the back of the United States Consulate.
7. —AMUNG-KANG, AMOY.
Interior view of the Lum-poo-toh Joss House at Amung-kang, Amoy.
CHIN-CHEW.
No.39.—Triumphal arch erected in honor of See How for good services rendered by him to the Emperor.
ARECA (BETEL-NUT) PALMS, IN BLOOM.
The nuts of the Areca palm are called betel-nuts because they are chewed with betel leaves and lime. Aside from this fact they might be called beetle nuts because of their striking resemblance to a pigeram beetle. They are plentiful in south Formosa where the disgusting habit of chewing the nuts is universal among the people. A handful of these nuts wrapped in a betel leaf with a little slacked lime is the first offering of friendly greeting that a lady makes to her gentleman caller. The effect of the practice is to utterly destroy the teeth before middle age is attained. Fans are made of the lower casing of the first leaves.
FORMOSA.
No. 62.—THE TSUI-WHANS (WATER SAVAGES) AT TSUI-SIA.
The old man in the group is a petty chief of the savages who is maintained by Chinese Government to keep please between the Chinese and savages—see Photograph No. 63.
SAVAGE HUT AND PEOPLE AT TSUI-SIA.
Tsui-sia is a village on the shore of the Dragon Foot lake. The people are called by the Chinese Tsui-whans (water-savages.) This tribe have long since ceased hostilities against the Chinese by whom many of their women have been taken as wives.—They fish and hunt a little and grow some tobacco, sweet potatoes and millet, but men and women spend most of their time in smoking, and drinking samshoo, and they are fast falling into decay. The "Chinese are bad" ("tapparoo 'm ho") and "we are all savages together" is the constant burden of their song when they meet a foreigner.- They have a peculiar practice of knocking out the eye teeth of their children, in order, it is said, to assist their wind in running.
KEELUNG CITY AND HARBOR, LOOKING EASTWARD.
Keelung harbor is probably the finest in Formosa, but unfortunately it is being rapidly filled up by ballast discharged from native junks.
VIEW AT TANSUI.
The square building on the hill was built as a fort by the Spaniards about the year 1620. It was afterwards occupied by the Dutch for the same purpose. It is at present used as a British Consulate.
Thos, Child
1875/76
Public Gardens, Shanghai, Looking down the River
Double Island, Entrance to Swatow Harbor,
Part of the Bund, Shanghai.
English Church of Shanghai.
Rattan Ware Shop, Shanghai.
Garden Bridge & Astor House on the Hong Que Side, Shanghai.
Hong Que, Shanghai, 1860.
Wedding procession
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