. The awakening of China . ilt oftimbers taken from imperial palaces. Formerly themissionaries from neighbouring seaports found at Puturefuge from the summer heat, but it is now abandoned,since it afforded no shelter from the petty piracy atall times so rife in these waters. In 1855 Mr. (afterward Bishop) Russell and myselfwere captured by pirates while on our way to most gentlemanly freebooters I ever heard of,they invited us to share their breakfast on the deck ofour own junk; but they took possession of all ourprovisions and our junk too, sending us to our destina-tion in a small b
. The awakening of China . ilt oftimbers taken from imperial palaces. Formerly themissionaries from neighbouring seaports found at Puturefuge from the summer heat, but it is now abandoned,since it afforded no shelter from the petty piracy atall times so rife in these waters. In 1855 Mr. (afterward Bishop) Russell and myselfwere captured by pirates while on our way to most gentlemanly freebooters I ever heard of,they invited us to share their breakfast on the deck ofour own junk; but they took possession of all ourprovisions and our junk too, sending us to our destina-tion in a small boat, and promising to pay us a friendlyvisit on the island. One of them, who had taken myfriends watch, came to the owner to ask him how towind it. The Rev. Walter Lowrie, founder of thePresbyterian Mission at Ningpo, was not so by pirates nearly on the same spot, he wasthrown into the sea and drowned. Passing these islands we come to the Ningpo River,with Chinhai, a small city, at its mouth, and Ningpo,. PROVINCE OF CHEHKIANG 19 a great emporium, some twelve miles inland. ThisCTirious arrangement, so dmerent from what one wouldexpect, confronts one in China with the regularity ofa natural law: Canton, Shanghai, Foochow, and Tien-tsin, all conform to it. The small city stands at theanchorage for heavy shipping; but the great city,renouncing this advantage, is located some distanceinland, to be safe from sea-robbers and foreign foes. As we ascend the river we are struck with morethan one peculiar mode of taking fish. We see anumber of cormorants perched on the sides of a and then a bird dives into the water and comesup with a fish in its beak. If the fish be a small one,the bird swallows it as a reward for its services; buta fish of considerable size is hindered in its descent bya ring around the birds neck and becomes the booty ofthe fisherman. The birds appear to be well-trained;and their sharp eyes penetrate the depths of the novelty
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