. In brightest Asia. into the broad sea, which laves all shores, andfrom its very vastness iDroclaims the unity of all lands and all human kind. The several whitehouses of the mission compound yonder, peering through the foliage and rising on the bold rocks,stand firm and glowing in the evening sunset. From the wide veranda of the house standing onthe highest peak, Dr. Ashmores house, we faintly see (for it is a mile away) a group of shadowyfigures, and can just discern a waving handkerchief. It seems to say to us again : Dont for-get us in the home-land! pray for us, and send us helpers. We r
. In brightest Asia. into the broad sea, which laves all shores, andfrom its very vastness iDroclaims the unity of all lands and all human kind. The several whitehouses of the mission compound yonder, peering through the foliage and rising on the bold rocks,stand firm and glowing in the evening sunset. From the wide veranda of the house standing onthe highest peak, Dr. Ashmores house, we faintly see (for it is a mile away) a group of shadowyfigures, and can just discern a waving handkerchief. It seems to say to us again : Dont for-get us in the home-land! pray for us, and send us helpers. We return the salute. The heartsighs its sympathy and fellowship, and audibly we say, God bless, keep and reward them!We turn also a glance across to the other shore, to take in the row of a half-dozen houses of thePresbyterian Mission, and breathe a similar prayer. A few minutes later, as we rapidly moveaway, the shores vanish from our sight, while in memory, sympathetic and blessed, the sceneremains indelible DEACON SIAU THONG. Canton and ^lacao. Sj CHAPTER XI. Qai^toQ a[)d /T\aG30. November 29. AGAIN we are aboard a great river boat, as large and line as anything on the Hudson,and we are steaming up the river ninety miles to Canton. The glow of the tropicaltwilight reddens the whole western sky, and tints the far-spreading bay, and makes themountains roseate, so that again we float as in a dreamland of beauty. A half-dozenpassengers in the cabin and some hundreds of Chinese in the second cabin and steerage, fill theship, and remind us where we are. A comfortable night is passed, and at 7 oclock we arrive at the steamers wharf in Canton,amid a sea of floating Chinese houses, including even floating hotels; a peculiarity of Cantonbeing that not less than 200,000 people live in boats on the river. These are the only homesthese people ever know. There are 800,000 living in the city; but these live, rear their families,and ply their trades wholly in boats, — house-boats o
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