. Cm. 'TIL—Description of Canton and its vicinity—Religions of Chi- na— Appearance ,of women—Beggars—Foreign factories—Open space before them—Appearance of river—Crowds of boats—Island of Hainam--Chinese temple--Chinese merchants—Mode of speak- ing English—Men and women, . . . . . . 7B Apstract of missionary operations in the world, . .. Page 5 B . . Cuap, I—Departure from New York—Divine service on'board—Island of St. Paul-Amsterdam—Sandalwood island—Ombay passage —Islands of Flores, Solar, Lom

Ax extraordinary event introduced the Rev. E. C. Bridgman and myself to each other's acquaintance, , and united us in the delightful duty of *bearing the name of Jesus before the Gentiles.” A gentleman, whose character needs no euloginm,* had a ship on the eve of sailing for Canton. He himself had resided several years in that distant mart of commerce, and had there formed an endearing friendship with Dr. Morrison. Touched with the moral degradation of that empire, he had resolved, and I believe

Fepruary 17th, 1830. Latitude 22 degrees north, longitude 115 degrees, 18 minutes east. Early this morning we were called up to view the Chinese fishing boats, scattered in almost every direction, around us. They had ventured beyond the sight of land, and were fishing in pairs, with a net trailing between them. These small boats are human habitations, occupied by as many generations as are usually permitted to exist cotemporancously. What a prison for intellectual beings, with perhaps no . prosp

I may be acceptable to the reader, to interrupt the . chain of events, as they occurred in chronological or-, der, and present at the commencement a picture of Canton, and its vicinity. - The city stands upon the north bank of the Chookeang or Pearl river, nearly eighty miles from the sea. Its site is almost a perfect level ; it is bounded in the rear by a range of naked, uninteresting hills. Including the river and neighborhood, the population has been estimated at from a million to fifteen hun

Wir these general remarks upon the country and its inhabitants, we pass on to a few of those incidents which occurred at the time, and which will assist in forming an idea of a residence in China. Two facts, however, must be borne in mind: the one is, that the writer did not immediately enter upon the duties of a foreign missionary, but devoted the principal part of his time to those who spoke his own language at Canton and Whampoa. His first engagement was with the American Seamen’s Society. Th

To give an adequate idea of the various and complicated miseries existing in China, would fill a volume. Female infanticide, we have reason to believe, "is very common. Itis thought by some of the best Chinese scholars, to be greatly increased, if it were not produced, by their philosophical notions respecting the origin and continuance of ail things. "They believe that originally there was but one eternal principle, which was merely the first link of a great material chain, neither distinct fro

Fron the last date to the time of his departure, the Journal of the writer is principally occupied with details of the religious services of his fellow-missionary and himself, among the residents at Canton, and the seamen at Whampoa. As Mr. Bridgman uniformly took part'in all the public duties of the Sabbath, we were enabled to supply both places with very little interruption.* A transcript has been furnished to the American Seamen’s Society, and published. It may not be misplaced to repeat here

Havixe received an invitation from Capt. Drum: mond, to accompany him in the H. C. ship Castle Huntley, to Java, where he understood I was going, we left Canton at midnight of December 28th, and proceeded in a large “ chop boat” to the ship, lying below the second bar. The Castle Huntley, though rather inferior in dimensions to some of the vessels in the same service, exceeds thirteen hundred tons in burden, carries twenty-six guns, and has a crew of one hundred and forty men. Every ship of this

ANGIER is the point of Java where ships in the favorable monsoons pass, and generally call for supplies of water and provisions. It is situated on a large plain, adorned with extensive groves of cocoanut trees, and flanked by an amphitheater of the most diversified and picturesque hills. The luxuriance of the verdure mantling every part of the plain, and decking the sloping sides and the summits of the highlands—with a charming variety of lofty forests, and spreading fields, produced the most fa

Ox Saturday evening, June 4th, embarked in the English ship Bencoolen, Captain Roberts, for Singapore. The next morning, before daybreak, we weighed anchor, and availing ourselves of the land breeze,’ stood to sea. After sailing gently a day or two, and passing a few unimportant islands," we entered the straits of Banca, between the island of that name and Sumatra. The tin mines on Banca, in the possession of the Dutch, are said to yield a large quantity of good metal. The immense island of Suma

Ox his frst visit, the writer spent six months at Siam, which time was devoted to the study of the Chinese and Siamese languages, and to the ordinary duties of the mission. A few general remarks, founded upon the information obtained at that time, and corrected and enlarged by a succeeding visit, will give the reader some idea of the place and its inhabitants. The country, as far as regards scenery and improvements, is extremely uninteresting. There is not a hill—scarcely a mound to interrupt th

January 4th, 1832.—Soon after midnight, on Friday last, we left Bankok and proceeded in a barge to Paknam, where the brig Sebastian was lying. Capt. D. L. Shaw had insisted upon our taking a passage with him, for which he refused all compensation. Messrs. Hunter and McDonald, by whom the ship was chartered, and the only Europeans in the place, were among our fellow passengers. We reached the brig early on Saturday morning, and immediately weighed anchor. In passing over the bar at the mouth of t

My second residence in Siam consumed between five and six months. The object which hastened my departure from the Straits, before there could be a rational hope of the restoration of health, was the supplying of the Chinese junks, about returning to-the empire, with Christian books. It appeared so doubtful whether, even if I remained longer at Singapore, I should not be eventually compelled to try a change to a cold climate, that I felt determined, rather to hazard the experimént upon my health,

Ox Monday morning, November 5th, Mr. Hunter ealled for me in a barge, and took me to the schooner in which I was going to Singapore, and which was lying outside of the bar. The schooner was chartered by him, and through his influence and the kindness of captain Norris, I was again laid under obligations for a passage without its expense. The vessel was less than a hundred tons in measurement, and four of us were obliged to stow away in a very small cabin. Nothing peculiar occurred on the passage

With a single exception, Borneo is the largest island in the world. It is more extensive than any kingdom of Europe, and although a wilderness, and a vast haunt of savage beasts and men; it possesses capabilities of culture and decoration, traffic, health, and wealth, which is scarcely surpassed by any locality in eastern Asia. The island is described by one* who traveled six hundred miles in the interior, and visited Bagottan, Passier, and Coti, as “equal in climate, and superior in productions

UELEBES, a short distance east of Borneo, is anoth: er island of much importance, and teeming with savage Inhabitants. It is remarkable for the martial spirit, commercial enterprize and piratical atrocities of many of its inhabitants. The most prominent nations are the Bugis and Macassar or Mengasar tribes. They speak different languages, or more properly different dialects of the same language,—the written character being nearly the same. The language of Goa or Macassar is peculiarly soft and e

Asovrt north-east, from Sooloo is situated the island of Mindanao—DMagindanao of the charts. It contains nearly as many square miles as the largest of the Philippines. The Spaniards, in the zenith of their glory, repeatedly attempted the subjugation of this island as well as its neighbors, but were either repulsed or soon obliged to abandon their dearly gained possessions. In one expedition it is said they did not even land, being appalled by the crowd of armed natives who lined the shore. They

Norri-East from the Philippine islands, is situated the Loo Choo group, of which such interesting accounts have been furnished, both by European and Chinese voyagers. There are about thirty-six of these islands, subject to the same government, though all very limited in dimensions. The largest is only fifty miles long, and twelve or fifteen broad. Like many of the other islands described, some of them are represented as beautiful spots. “From a commanding hight above the ships,” says an English

Stine farther to the north, is the kingdom or ene pire of Japan, which occupies a surface of more than one hundred and twenty thousand square miles, and confains a population of twenty or thirty millions of souls. It consists of three large islands, Niphon, Kew Sew, and Sikokf, surrounded with a multitude of smaller ones, and in the vicinity of others, stretching northward, over which they exercise a partial domin: ion. According to M. M. Brun, “the whole country is full of mountains and hills,

Ix conclusion the writer would ask forgiveness—if it be a fault—for having wandered so far from the route of his journeyings. His object has not been, simply that of a traveler. He was sent forth asa “ messenger of the churches,” to learn the condition of the kingdoms and islands, which belong to the Savior, and which the church is commanded in the name of her Sovereign to occupy. Whatever may be the impressions produced upon the minds of the Christian public by reading the accounts here collect