Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . time it is one of the most thoroughly Chi-nese cities in the Empire. It is supposed to exceed all the otherimperial cities inpopulation, as itdoes in the origin-ality of its appear-ance and fidelity tothe national lacks the broaddusty streets andtent-shaped housesof Pekin ; it pre-sents no such im-posing aspect asShanghai with itsEuropean quarters,hous
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . time it is one of the most thoroughly Chi-nese cities in the Empire. It is supposed to exceed all the otherimperial cities inpopulation, as itdoes in the origin-ality of its appear-ance and fidelity tothe national lacks the broaddusty streets andtent-shaped housesof Pekin ; it pre-sents no such im-posing aspect asShanghai with itsEuropean quarters,houses, quays, andshipping; nor hasit had to be rebuiltin recent times likeHangchew-fu. AsCanton was fourhundred years agoit is to-day—a unique city approached through a floating quarterwhere all kinds of craft are anchored, disposed in blocks like thehouses ashore, with intervening water streets crowded with traffic. Canton proper lies on the north side of the Pearl river, is en-closed by a rampart and divided by another enclosure into twocities. Within these spaces the population is crowded together innarrow streets, lined by rickety houses. In many instances matsare stretched across allevs from house to house. Canton is one of. A CHINESE MERCHANT OF CANTON. 266 REMARKABLE CITIES OF CHINA. the most insalubrious places in China. There are 8,000 blindand 5,000 lepers among its inhabitants, while the general typeof features is repulsive to the European eye. The wealthiest ofthe European settlers are the English. Their quarters are on theisland of Shamin and they have converted them into a city farmore healthy than the native town. They have provided promen-ades, shady avenues and a racecourse. The site of this conces-sion is at the diverging point of the two deepest branches of thePearl river. Canton is the great mart for the silks of the south. Nearlyall of the trade of the city is in the hands of native merchants, theEuropeans of Shamin being mere brokers. Before Lord Amherstsmi
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