Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ined standing during its delivery. He bowedhis thanks, and then proposed the health of Mr. Seward, theAmerican Minister to China. The dinner over we strolledabout the grounds. Among- the illuminations was one of Chi-nese lanterns formed so as to represent the name of the Vice-roy in a Chinese
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ined standing during its delivery. He bowedhis thanks, and then proposed the health of Mr. Seward, theAmerican Minister to China. The dinner over we strolledabout the grounds. Among- the illuminations was one of Chi-nese lanterns formed so as to represent the name of the Vice-roy in a Chinese character. There were jugglers whose tricksbecame tedious. The General and Viceroy remained untilmidnight. After they had retired there was dancing. Themusic came from the band of the Richmond, which CaptainBenham sent up. The presence of this band in Tientsin wasan event of transcendent importance. The European colonyin Tientsin has never been more than a handful. It is isolated, COLOMAL LIFE. 419 out of the way of travel and trade;. The average traveler gen-erally sees enough of China as soon as he leaves Shanghai,and hurries away to the green and sunny hills of Japan. Onlybrave travelers like our Alpine friends, who rummage the worldfor inaccessible peaks and seek out the byways and odd plans,. 1 Mi PALACE, PEKIN. ever come to Tientsin. Travelers have their tracks around theworld like those of the buffalo in a prairie, and these tracksleave Tientsin on the one side. While Tientsin has grown a gooddeal, it hasno such growth as Shanghai or Canton. The for-eign population would form a good-sized club. There are notenough to quarrel, and all seemed to live on harmonious is the only settlement of Europeans in Asia in which 420 CHINA—CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCE KONG. I did not hear of some scandal—of somebody having a skeletonin his closet. The traveler in these Asiatic colonies is sure tomeet the candid friend who belongs to society and takes a dis-mal pleasure
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