ation before us. The average province corresponds in extent
to the average state of the American Union; and the whole exceeds
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that portion of the United States which lies east of the Mississippi.

CHINA PROPER

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PROVINCES | AREA | POPULATION
| SQ. MILES |
-------------------|-----------|-------------
Kwangtung (Canton) | 99,970 | 31,865,000
Kwangsi | 77,200 | 5,142,000
Fukien | 46,320 | 22,876,000
Chehkiang | 36,670 | 11,580,000
Kiangsu | 38,600 | 13,980,000
Shantung | 55,970 | 38,248,000
Chihli | 115,800 | 20,937,000
Shansi | 81,830 | 12,200,000
Shensi | 75,270 | 8,450,000
Kansuh | 125,450 | 10,385,000
Honan | 67,940 | 35,316,000
Hupeh | 71,410 | 35,280,000
Hunan | 83,380 | 22,170,000
Nganhwei(Anhwei) | 54,810 | 23,670,000
Yuennan | 146,680 | 12,325,000
Szechuen | 218,480 | 68,725,000
Kiangsi | 69,480 | 26,532,000
Kweichau | 67,160 | 7,650,000
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Totals | 1,532,420 | 407,331,000

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CHAPTER II

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PROVINCES--KWANGTUNG AND KWANGSI

_Hong Kong--A Trip to Canton--Macao--Scenes on Pearl River--Canton
Christian College--Passion for Gambling--A Typical City--A Chief
Source of Emigration_

Let us take an imaginary journey through the provinces and begin
at Hong Kong, where, in 1850, I began my actual experience of life
in China.

From the deck of the good ship _Lantao_, which had brought me
from Boston around the Cape in one hundred and thirty-four days,
I gazed with admiration on the Gibraltar of the Orient. Before me
was a land-locked harbour in which all the navies of the world
might ride in safety. Around me rose a noble chain of hills, their
slopes adorned with fine residences, their valleys a chessboard
of busy streets, with here and there a British battery perched
on a commanding rock.

Under Chinese rule Hong Kong had been an insignificant fishing
village, in fact a nest of pirates. In 1841 the island was ceded
by China to Great Britain, and the cession was confirmed by the
treaty of Nanking in August, 1842. The