The mystic flowery land; a personal narrative . erranean passage is supjjosed toconnect with a cave at Keelung, looms up grimly above a highhill upon which the few European residents have built theirhouses. This fort is leased for the British Consulate, and theBritish flag waves from its battlements, the old building being ina fairly good state of preservation, and the walls 10ft. in thick-ness. But a very musty smell pervades the interior, and bats flitabout through the lofty rooms, some of which form the Consularconstables residence. To the right of the harl)Our a double-peaked hill, backed
The mystic flowery land; a personal narrative . erranean passage is supjjosed toconnect with a cave at Keelung, looms up grimly above a highhill upon which the few European residents have built theirhouses. This fort is leased for the British Consulate, and theBritish flag waves from its battlements, the old building being ina fairly good state of preservation, and the walls 10ft. in thick-ness. But a very musty smell pervades the interior, and bats flitabout through the lofty rooms, some of which form the Consularconstables residence. To the right of the harl)Our a double-peaked hill, backed bythe more distant Tamsui Mountains, rises to a height of nearly3,000ft. From the port a small river runs some fourteen milesinland, deriving its source from the Keelung gorge, near wliichthe city of Banka is situated, and further on Taipafoo, the walledcapital, where the Chinese Governor resides, and which is quiteclose to the city of Twatutia, celebrated for its foreign tea hongs,the Oolong, Pakmo, and Cha-jum teas coming from there. ac >. TAMSUI AND KKELUNG. 139 Some fairly good shooting may ))e had about Tanisui, hut thelarge water-buffiiloes often prove very hostile and dangerous toforeign sportsmen. These active, thongh uncouth looking animalsare very keen scented, and are able to discover the whereaboutsof a white man at a long distance should the latter happen to beto windward of them. Tlie following brief extract from my diarygives an account of an unsuccessful shooting expedition ofmine: — Tamsui, April IGth, 1891.—This is indeed a very dull phur,and game seems unusually scarce this season. I went out shootin«yesterday. At six , on sport intent, I shouldered my trustygun and made a devious and decidedly dirty course lor tlie pre-serves, which lie far beyond the broad bogs (called paddy-helds,out of courtesy), and which are supposed to have once been frequentedby snipe and buffaloes. I saw none of the former, and placedtheir existence as legendary ; of the
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