. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . a source of wealth. In the low districts, where the river periodicallyinundates the land, wheat and millet are raised in abundance, but little or no rice. This perhaps is too commercial, too utilitarian a picture, of this remote butromantic localit), nor is it in all respects a full and fair one; for, in addition to thevaried forms of the Too-hing summits, the luxuriant vegetation of intermediatevalleys, and salubrious quality of the climate, no province of China is more richlyadorn
. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . a source of wealth. In the low districts, where the river periodicallyinundates the land, wheat and millet are raised in abundance, but little or no rice. This perhaps is too commercial, too utilitarian a picture, of this remote butromantic localit), nor is it in all respects a full and fair one; for, in addition to thevaried forms of the Too-hing summits, the luxuriant vegetation of intermediatevalleys, and salubrious quality of the climate, no province of China is more richlyadorned with instructive examples of natural history. This is the country of that beau-tiful spotted animal resembling the leopard, for which a name is yet wanting in English;of the Chinese chamois, from which musk is obtained ; of The Golden Hen, the pride ofthe feathered tribe, in Asia; and, here also, amidst a myriad of blushing Queen af Flowers has established her superiority. Moie delicately colouredthan the rose, its leaves are larger, its perfume sweeter, and its blossoms endure ^^ ■^ vl [?l^ 5^ ■^ ■*^ TI\G-HAI. 27 THE FORTRESS OF TERROR, TING-HAL* Go, standard of England, go forth to the battle, Go, meet the proud foes in their hostile array ;The heat of the action where loud cannons rattle, Is where I have borne thee through many a day. The Soldiefs Fareivell to his Flag. Nowhere, during the British descent upon the coast of China, was the destruction oflife and property greater than at Ting-hai. Situated in the entrance to the bay ofHang-tchow-foo, Chusan might operate as a breakwater against the oceans waves, afortress against foreign wars; but in the latter capacity it proved lamentably the preceding pages of these descriptions, the fall of Ting-hai is recorded, almostin the language of an eye-witness; and, in subsequent passages, the site and sceneryof the locality dwelt on with some degree of minuteness. It is remarkable t
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