down to stop the troops, and set off myself on Tuesday at
noon for the Gulf. We sailed yesterday afternoon, with the intention,
if possible, of seeing the great Wall of China on our way to Shanghae,
but we have not been very successful, and have now put about, and are
moving southwards.... Frederick is going home with the Treaty, and I
proceed _via_ Japan....

_July 14th._--Frederick embarks to-night, and sails to-morrow morning
at four. I shall not know all that I lose, publicly and privately, by
his departure, till he is gone....

_Shanghae, Sunday, July 18th._--I have just returned from church. Such
an ordeal I never went through. If a benevolent lady, sitting behind
me, had not taken compassion on me, and handed me a fan, I think I
should have fainted.... Everyone says that the heat here surpasses
that felt anywhere else. They also affirm that this is an exceptional
season.

_July 19th._--Writing has been an almost impossible task during these
few last days. The only thing I have been able to do has been to find
a doorway, or some other place, through which a draught was making its
way, and to sit there reading.... In sending Frederick away, I have
cut off my right arm, but I think, on the whole, it was better that he
should take the Treaty home,... and of course he is better able than
anyone else to explain what has been the real state of affairs
here.... It is impossible to acknowledge too strongly the obligation I
am under to him for the way in which he has helped me in my
difficulties.

[Sidenote: Yeh]

_July 21st._--As for Yeh, I cannot say very much for him; but the
account given of him by the Captain of the 'Inflexible,' who took him
to Calcutta, differs as widely as possible from that of the _Times'_
Correspondent. He was very courteous and considerate, civil to
everybody, and giving no trouble. I suppose that there is no doubt of
the fact that he executed a vast number of rebels, and I, certainly,
who disapprove of all that sort of thing, am not going to defend that
proceeding. But it is fair to say that rebels are parricides by
Chinese law, and that, in so far as we can judge, nothing could have
been more brutal or more objectless than this Chinese rebellion. They
systematically murdered all--men, women, and children--of the dominant
race, and their supporters