Identifier: chinainseriesofv3to4allo (find matches)
Title: China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 Wright, G. N. (George Newenham), 1790?-1877, editor Fisher, Son, & Co., publisher
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Publisher: London, Newgate Street Paris, rue St. Honoré : Fisher, Son, & Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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.. 18 Han-tseuen, Province of Kiang-nan .......... 20 Festival of the Dragon Boat . . . . . . . . . . .21 City of Amoy, from the Tombs .......... 2;( Arrival of Marriage Presents at the Bridal Residence ....... 24 Foot of the Too-hing, or Two Peaks, Le Xai ........ 25 The Fortress of Terror, Ting-hai ........... 27 Grand Temple at Poo-too, Chusan .......... 28 The Bridge of Nanking 30 Ancient Tombs, Amoy ............ 31 Pagoda and Village on the Canal, near Canton ........ 33 Scene on the Honan Canal, near Canton ......... 34 COXTENTS. Joss-Ilouse, Cliapoo—Deatli of Colonel Tomlinson ....... 36 West Gate of Ciiing-keang-foo 38 Amoy, from Ko-loiig-soo •••••.•..... 39 Nanking, from the Porcelain Tower ••••..... 40 Silver Island, on the Yang-tse-keang . •.■...... 41 Entrance to the Ciiin-chew River •••....... 43 Chinese Boatmen, Poo-keou 44 Hong-kong, from Kow-loon ........... 45 Ancient Bridge, Chapoo ............ 48 The Valle) of Chusan ............. 4.9
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« ^ ^ 1 4 1l^•^ ^ CHINA. THE POLO TEMPLE, TAI-HOO. It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is over-ruld by Fate. The Unhappy Marriage. Many islets sparkle on the waters near to the eastern shore of the Tai-hoo, and many pro-montories project into them, and many mountains hang over them; and all these occasions of improvement into scenes of greater beauty and attraction, have been ardently em-braced by the inhabitants. Villas and farms are seen reposing at the foot of a bold mountain-chain, that margins the lake for many a mile; and two slender pagodas, one crowning the extremity of a promontory, the other springing up from the summit of a rocky islet, mark the entrance into Pine-apple bay. Here the waters are for ever tranquil, disturbed only by the arrival and departure of trading-junks, engaged in carrying away cotton, or importing foreign produce, brought hither by the imperial canal, from the great city of Hang-tchou-foo. Trade is active and profitable, requiring the e

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