At home with the Hakkas in South China . English, Americans,and Japanese. In fact, people from almost every country may beseen there. Like Shanghai, Hongkong has most modern improve-ments. In its beautiful harbor, one can usually see more than fiftyocean-going steamships. All transpacific boats begin and end theirvoyage here. It is the gateway to South China. Up the Pearl River from Hongkong about eighty miles is Can-ton, the second city in size in China, with its large floating popula- I HAKKAS IN SOUTH CHINA Page 17 tion, thousands living in boats on the river. Here we took leave ofour boat,
At home with the Hakkas in South China . English, Americans,and Japanese. In fact, people from almost every country may beseen there. Like Shanghai, Hongkong has most modern improve-ments. In its beautiful harbor, one can usually see more than fiftyocean-going steamships. All transpacific boats begin and end theirvoyage here. It is the gateway to South China. Up the Pearl River from Hongkong about eighty miles is Can-ton, the second city in size in China, with its large floating popula- I HAKKAS IN SOUTH CHINA Page 17 tion, thousands living in boats on the river. Here we took leave ofour boat, and our mission life in China began. It was here thatMorrison in 1807 began mission work for the Chinese. At thattime, it looked like such a difficult task to reach the Chinese with thegospel, that a New York shipowner in whose vessel he sailed saidsneeringly, And so, Mr. Morrison, you really expect that you willmake an impression on the idolatry of the great Chinese empire ?No, sir, Morrison replied; I expect God will! It is said that. A TYPICAL RIVER SCENE Canton has two million people, and that you will see them all thefirst day. Certainly great throngs walk the streets of this city. .Although we were appointed to the Hakka land, it was a yearbefore we were able to go there to live. No houses could be ob-tained, and the mission had not at that time begun to build homestfor the missionaries. The two houses that were afterwards built atWaichowwere the first built from the fund raised ten years ago forthis purpose. In the meantime, we lived at Canton and Macao,helping in any way we could, and with a native teacher, studyingthe Hakka language. Living in Canton at that time were Elder J. N. Anderson,Brother George Harlow and wife, Brother Wilbur and family, andSister Ida Thompson. These all lived in native houses. We shared Page 18 AT HOME WITH THE with Brother Harlow the upper story of a better class Chinese lower story was occupied by a Chinese family, together witht
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