CHAPTER X

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Visit to the Ning-po Green Tea District.--Mountain travelling Chair.--The Budhist Temple of Tein-tung.--Scenery around the Temple.--Traditional History communicated by the Priest.--The Temple and its Idols.--Invitation to Dinner with the Priests.--First Trial with Chopsticks.--Politeness! of the Chinese.--Usual Dinner Company.--My Bed.--Devotions of the Priests.--Wild Boar Hunt.--Narrow Escape.--Mode of frightening the Animals from the Bamboo Plantations.--Mountain Scenery.--Budhist Temple of Ah-yu-Wang.--Poo-to-san, or the Worshipping Island.--Its Temples and Idols.--Bronze Gods.--Trees and Shrubs.--Gardens and pet Plants of the Priests.--Sale of Gods or Josses.--Offerings to the Gods in Shanghae and Ning-po.--Processions in Honour of the Gods.--Christian Missions.--Medical Missionary Society.--Roman Catholic.

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