, called Bazaar. Found all kinds of tropical
fruits in great abundance: cocoanuts, bananas, plantains, mangusteens,
&c. &c., and what proved its general use, at every stall, large
quantities of the betel-nut were exposed for sale. This nut is used for
its exhilarating properties, and is chewed as is tobacco; but whether
its juice is swallowed, I cannot say. It blackens the teeth, and must
prove very efficacious in destroying the enamel. Indeed, from the
practice they have of filing their teeth across, and the use of this
acid, it is a wonder that any thing should remain but blackened stumps.

Watered ship here, from a reservoir, supplied by an aqueduct from the
mountains, a distance of some leagues. The water is good, and the supply
appears sufficient, although I cannot commend the construction of the
channel through which it is brought. It is of stone, and stuccoed,
raised about two feet from the level of the road, and open at the top.
During a short walk along this road, I saw numbers of Malay women using
its waters for the purpose of ablution; and I could not count the number
of the various reptiles of this prolific clime, who, lured by their
deceitful flow, had met a watery death.

To show the economy of its construction, I may state, that it is brought
across a small stream, through bamboo troughs, so loosely attached that
sufficient water is wasted in its passage to turn a small mill in Yankee
land.

The first day of June weighed anchor, and stood up the Straits; and a
busy time, too, we had in getting through. It was "Let go the anchor!"
"Furl sails!" "All hands up anchor!" "Make sail!" for several days. At
last, this channel and the Straits of Gaspar being passed, we entered
safely the China Sea.

CHAPTER IV.

China Sea--Anchor off Macao--Canton River--Whampoa--Trip to
Canton--The San-pan--Pagodas--Lob Creek--Salt Junks--Description
of a Junk--Mandarin, or Search Boats--Pirates--Crowded state of
River at Canton--Land at Factory Stairs--Visit Vice-Consul--New
China Street--A Cow-House--Wonders of Canton--Factory Gardens--
Water Parties--Buddhist Temples, and Holy Pigs--Dock-yard at
Whampoa--American Missionary at Newtown--Bethel, and its Pastor
--Fourth of July--Back to Macao--The Typa--The Barrier.

The southwest monsoon wafted us quietly and quickly over the China Sea,
and upon the nineteenth of June we came to anchor off Macao, in the
outer roads. Not finding the flag-ship there,