OF A RECENT IMPRISONMENT IN CHINA AFTER THE WRECK OF THE KITE. BY JOHN LEE SCOTT. Second Edition. LONDON: W. H. DALTON, COCKSPUR STREET 1842. LONDON: PRINTED BY G. J. PALMER, SAVOY STREET, STRAND. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN PIRIE, BART., LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, THIS NARRATIVE IS, WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,   JOHN LEE SCOTT....

TO THE FIRST EDITION. My only apology for launching this unvarnished narrative upon the world is, that, after my return to England, I wrote for the amusement, and at the request of my friends, a short account of my shipwreck and subsequent imprisonment in the Celestial Empire; and considering that my sufferings and adventures would, at this time, create an interest with the public at large, they have strongly urged me to publish this narrative. This I have ventured to do, hoping that the faults

Jos ceremonies—Chinese New Year's day—New Testament—Epsom salts—Grief of our jailer—Kites—Procession—Leave Ningpo—Chinhae—Huge idols—Chinese camp—Mandarin's message. A night or two after our visit to the mandarin, we heard the priests chaunting, two or three silvery toned bells were struck at the same time, and now and then a drum. We could see nothing of their proceedings, but from the glare of light the temple must have been brilliantly illuminated. The priests were not exactly sober all the n

Sampan—Description of junk—Preserved eggs—Reception from the English—H. M. S. Blonde—Mrs. Noble—Leave Chusan—Narrow escape—H. M. S. Samarang—Leave Macao—Arrive at Spithead. On getting outside the gate, we found an immense crowd assembled; they did not molest us in the least, but we passed on very quietly. We were taken through a different quarter of the town to any I had been in before, but the streets were built and ornamented in the same manner; they were lined, on both sides, with such a numb

Note 1 , Page 8 . Lord Jocelyn, in his "Campaign in China," gives a very erroneous account of the loss of the Kite, but as he obtained his information from some mandarins, they of course would tell the story in such a manner, as to make it appear that we were prisoners of war. Note 2 , Page 13 . In Mrs. Noble's letter, which was published in the "Indian News," it is stated by her that she passed the wreck twice on the 16th, and spoke to us; but as we left it on the night of the 15th, they must h

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