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Yesterday I made a tour of the town of Shanghae, and find that the French, by way of protecting it, burnt down about one-half of the suburbs during the summer. They have destroyed it to a greater extent than we destroyed Canton in 1857 by our bombardment. 'Save me from my friends, the poor Chinaman may well say.
Frederick is a noble-hearted man; perhaps the noblest I have ever met with in my experience of my fellows.... He has had a most difficult task here to perform, and to the best of my judgment has performed it with great ability. Shanghae, July 1st.
My last remark to Lord Palmerston was, that I would rather march on Pekin with 5,000 men than with 25,000. On board the 'Ferooz. July 5th. Four P.M. We have passed out of the Shanghae river into the Yangtze-kiang.
On public grounds it will even be attended with benefit, as it will insure the Yangtze being kept open; for supplies will be sent up to them from Shanghae, and they will have an opportunity of examining the Poyang Lake besides. If any of the vessels were lost or seriously injured, it would be a very different matter. Au reste, Dieu dispose. December 24th. Noon.
Improved Prospects Advance on Canton Bombardment and Capture Joint Tribunal Maintenance of Order Canton Prisons Move Northward Swatow Mr. Burns Foochow Ningpo Chusan Potou Shanghae Missionaries. Advance to the Peiho Taking of the Forts The Peiho River Tientsin Negotiations The Treaty The Eight of Sending a Minister to Pekin Return southward Sails for Japan.
Since then we have been waiting for Parkes, who stayed at Tientsin for a letter from Pekin about the opening of the Yangtze river, which I am anxious to take with me to Shanghae. ... Yesterday was a lovely day; a bright sun, and the air frosty enough to stimulate one to walk briskly. This morning there was a strong gale from the north-west, but it subsided after midday.
In Shanghae or Hong Kong, say to your Chinese ma-foo, who claims to speak English, "Bring me a glass of water," and he will not understand you. Repeat your order in those words, and he stands dumb and uncomprehending, as though you had spoken the dialect of the moon.
I shall not know all that I lose, publicly and privately, by his departure, till he is gone.... Shanghae, Sunday, July 18th. I have just returned from church. Such an ordeal I never went through. If a benevolent lady, sitting behind me, had not taken compassion on me, and handed me a fan, I think I should have fainted.... Everyone says that the heat here surpasses that felt anywhere else.
The Chinese call this province the Paradise of China, and if I am not mistaken, the word has this signification when interpreted: and they have a proverb, which runs in this wise: "See Shanghae, and die."
The French have some method in their madness, for they want the ground of the burnt district, and they insist on having it now at the cost of the land, 'as there are no houses upon it. At Canton, in the same way, they have seized land in the most unjustifiable way, to build churches on. Shanghae. December 31st. Yesterday was a torrent of rain, and I never left the house.
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