Shanghae

In Canton, Macào, and Shanghae, they had pressed their wares upon us, but in Amoy you might examine the contents of a shop, without being importuned to purchase a single article.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Shanghae is situated in about 30° 26 'N. latitude; longitude 120° 48'

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Since the acquisition of California, our government possesses a much speedier route, and would find it greatly to her interest to establish a line by any of the overland routes across the Isthmus of Darien, and from thence by steam to Shanghae, or even Hong-Kong in China; and I do not despair of seeing the time when letters will be delivered in these ports within forty days, from the Atlantic cities.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Left Macào for Shanghae on the 25th of April, to beat up the China Sea against a strong N.E. monsoon.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

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."

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

It was in the spring-time, in the "merrie month of May," when we approached Shanghae; every thing was in bloom.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

A very short stay, and an attack of sickness, prevented me from exploring much of Shanghae, or its environs, and I learned there are a thousand things worth seeing.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

We have lately made the acquaintance of a man who has lived thirty years in Shanghae, who explained many of their customs and ideas.

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Shanghae is a walled city, and in its appearance much like other Chinese towns, only it was more filthy than any I had yet visited.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Chinese cities: streets narrow and filthy, and dirt abundant, an equal number of offensive smells pervade the atmosphere, and as many disgusting sights offend the eye; beggars, to be sure, are not so common as at Shanghae, but the inhabitants have a squalid look, as if _too lazy to beg_.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay