Notes of a trip to China and Japan / by W.J. Trickett

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Trickett, W. J. (William Joseph), 1843-1916
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NOTES OF A TRIE TO CHINA AND JAPAN 3
NOTES A TRIP TO CHINA AND JAPAN. 7
II.—At Anchor off South Frankland. Good Sport.—Bird Island.—Albany Pass.—Magnificent Scenery.—Thursday Island.—The Pearl Fisheries.—Port Darwin.—A Corroboree.—Cattle Trade with Java.—Timor, with its Towering Hills.—Dirt and Disorder in the Post-office.—Timor Ponies. 8
III.—Paralysing the Natives.—From Dilly to Hongkong—The Ly-ee-moon Pass—Hongkong—British Progress.— 20,000 Chinese on the Water.—Sampans.—Jinrickshas Quaint Signs-Piracy. 13
IV.—At Canton.—Low Fares.—The Defences.—Chinadom.— The Streets.—Filth.—The Temples,—A Fraudulent Timepiece.—Imprisoned Students.—The City Walls.— The Cemetery. 18
V.—Slavery in China.—Horrible Tortures.—The Prefect Court. —Inhuman Treatment of Prisoners.—The Death Sentence.—A Chinese Club.—Beggars.—Shanghai.—Chinese Junks.—Social Enjoyment.—Anti-Christian Feeling. 23
VI.—Progress of Shanghai—Municipal Government.—The Quick and the Dead.—Bubbling Well.—A Restaurant and Tea Gardens—Sports.—Public Conveyances.—Servants.—Houseboats.—Curious Fish.—Chinese Theatre.— Public Gardens. 28
VII.—Arrival at Kobe. Japan.—Beauty of the Inland Sea Japanese Junks.—The Temples.—Yachting.—Osaka, the Venice of Japan.—Divorce Popular.—Rice Cultivation Japanese Shops—Curious Signboards. 33
VIII.—Nara Park and Temple.—Tea Cultivation.—Cherry Trees.-Manufactures.—A Wonderful Tree.—A Rope of Human Hair.—The Rapids.—Wrestlers. 35
IX.—Tokyo, the Capital.—A Splendid Drive —Japanese Parliament.—An Address in Reply.-Constitution of the Japanese Empire.—A Hermit Nation.—The Mikado.— Japanese Horses. 42
X—Flimsy Buildings.—Big Fires.—Tokyo Gaol.—Massage.— Shampooing.—A Favourite Outing—The Famous Bronze Image “Diabutsu.”—Tea-firing. 46
XI.-Burial Tubs.—Cremation.—Cemeteries.-Stately Tree Culture.—A Mountain Chair.—Nikko and its Surroundings.— Yokohama and its Attractions.—A Japanese Theatre. 48
XII.—A Fine Drive.—Bamboo Groves.—A Curious Custom.— Will Adams.—Social and Moral Condition of Japan Curio-buying Mania. 52
XIII—Japanese Love of Floriculture.—The Electric Light in General Use.—Railway Travelling.—Our Farewell to Japan.—A Large Castle.—The Coal Trade.—Speedy Shipment of the Mineral.—British Borneo.—Conclusion. 53

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