. The awakening of China . onal acquaintance with ten out of the eighteen andbeing enabled to gather valuable information at firsthand. A glance at the subjoined table (from the report ofthe China Inland Mission for 1905) will exhibit themagnitude of the field of investigation before us. Theaverage province corresponds in extent to the averagestate of the American Union; and the whole exceeds 6 THE AWAKENING OF CHINA that portion of the United States which lies eastof the Mississippi. CHINA PROPER PROVINCES Kwangtung (Canton) Kwangsi Fukien CMhkiang Kiangsu Shantung Chihli Shansi Shensi Kansuh
. The awakening of China . onal acquaintance with ten out of the eighteen andbeing enabled to gather valuable information at firsthand. A glance at the subjoined table (from the report ofthe China Inland Mission for 1905) will exhibit themagnitude of the field of investigation before us. Theaverage province corresponds in extent to the averagestate of the American Union; and the whole exceeds 6 THE AWAKENING OF CHINA that portion of the United States which lies eastof the Mississippi. CHINA PROPER PROVINCES Kwangtung (Canton) Kwangsi Fukien CMhkiang Kiangsu Shantung Chihli Shansi Shensi Kansuh Honan Hupeh Hunan Nganhwei (Anhwei).. Yunnan Szechuen Kiangsi Kweichau Totals AREASQ. MILES 99,97077,20046,32036,67038,600 115,800 81,830 ,450 67,94071,41083-380 S4,8io 146,680 218,480 69,480 67,160 POPULA-TION 31,865,0005,142,00022,876,00011,580,00013,980,00038,248,00020,937,00012,200,0008,450,00010,385,,00035,280,00022,170,00023,670,00012,325,00068,725,00026,532,0007,650,000 1,532,420407,331,000. CHAPTER II A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PROVINCES—KWANGTUNG AND KWANGSI Hong Kong—A Trip to Canton—Macao—Scenes onPearl Rivera-Canton Christian College—Passionfor Gambling—A Typical City—A Chief Sourceof Emigration LET us take an imaginary jovimey through the prov-inces and begin at Hong Kong, where, in 1850,I began my actual experience of life in China. From the deck of the good ship Lantao, which hadbrought me from Boston around the Cape in one hun-dred and thirty-four days, I gazed with admiration onthe Gibraltar of the Orient. Before me was a land-locked harbour in which all the navies of the worldmight ride in safety. Around me rose a noble chainof hills, their slopes adorned with fine residences, theirvalleys a chessboard of busy streets, with here andthere a British battery perched on a commandingrock. Under Chinese rule Hong Kong had been an insignifi-cant fishing village, in fact a nest of pirates. In 1841the island was ceded by China to Grea
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