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Visit to the Temple of Honan-Colossal figures-The priesthood-Votive offerings-Mummery-Holy pigs-Their corpulency-The hall of the factory-Duck-boats-Alabaster-Chinese snake-Leave Canton and return to Macao-Visit the Lappa Island-Hill-pines-Mass of granite rocks-Their sonorous qualities-Tanka-boats-Chinese burial-grounds-Cassilhas Bay-Manufacture of ropes-Portuguese ladies at Macao-Origin of that name-Another temple near Macao.
I visited one evening the Temple of Honan, situated a short distance on the opposite side of the river to that on which the factories are built. Having crossed, with my companions, in a boat, we proceeded a little way down the river, and landed at a dirty causeway near some timber-yards, in which a quantity of fir-timber, of China, of various dimensions, was piled with an extreme degree of regularity. The entrance to the temple or temples, and extensive grounds about them, was close to the landing place; and passing some miserable fruit and eating stalls adjoining, we noticed a large, clean, open space, planted with trees, and having in the centre a broad pavement of granite, kept very clean. The quietness that reigned within formed a pleasing retreat from the noise and bustle without.