CHAPTER XVII

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Return to Chusan.--Its supposed Unhealthiness.--Mortality amongst the Queen's Troops when first stationed there.--Subsequent Salubrity.--Its Advantages over Hong-kong as a British Settlement.--New Plants found on the Island.--Ning-po.--Gardens of the Mandarins.--Manners of Chinese Ladies.--Sail for Hong-kong.--Tombs of the Chinese.--Situations supposed to be the best.--Soothsayers employed.--Their Methods of working on the Minds of the People.--Mr. Lay consulted as to the best Site for a Grave.--Inscriptions on the Tombs.--Periodical Visits to them by Relatives.--Different Modes of Interment.--Coffins exposed in the Fields.--Kept in Houses.--Tombs near Sung-kiang-foo.--Favourite Flowers for planting on the Graves.

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