- Author:
- Marryat, Frank
- Publication Info:
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London:
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,
1848,
pg 145
Text on page 145
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 145
with a party to walk through the city. The streets are narrow and dirty, the open shops on either side reminding you very much of Constantinople. The population is immense, the streets are always
CHINESE FISHERMEN.
crowded. We soon found that we were objects of attention, and were followed by a mob. It was with difficulty that we could force our way; and, moreover, the town having been lately evacuated by our troops, the Chinese thought themselves secure in venting their animosity, by pushing, jostling, and throwing stones at us. In this, however, they were mistaken, for being a tolerably strong party, and knowing that they had a very wholesome fear of us, we were not slow in resorting to blows when intreaties proved in vain ; and, before we were in the middle of the town, more than one celestial head had come in contact with the pavement. One had the impudence to bellow in my face ; for which impertinence he received a facer, which gave him
