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LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA
LIFE AND SPORT IN CHINA
BY
OLIVER G. READY, B.A.
SECOND EDITION
LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL, LIMITED 1904
[Illustration: PAGODA, NEAR HANKOW. Frontispiece. ]
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The British public is greatly handicapped in forming an intelligent appreciation of happenings in China by a
lack of that initial experience which can only be gained by residence in the country.
In this little work I have endeavoured to place before readers a sketch of things as I saw them, and to convey
to their minds an idea of how Europeans live there, of their amusements, of their work, and of those things
which are matters of daily interest to them, so that my book may serve as a kind of preface to that enthralling
volume, the current history of China, as it is daily revealed in the press, in magazines and in learned works.
While confining myself herein to the lighter side of narrative, I am not unconscious of those intricate
problems and deep studies connected with the Far East, but to which profound research and matured judgment
must be applied, though information thereon, even when collected and published, would appeal mostly to the
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narrow circle of experts on matters Chinese.
The vast Empire of China with its hundreds of millions of toiling slaves, with its old, old civilisation reaching
back for untold years prior to the dawn of history in the West, with its manners and customs so worn into the
national character that they almost form the character itself, with its fertile plains, its sandy deserts, its lofty
mountains, its mighty rivers, its torrid heat and arctic cold, its devastating floods, its cruel famines and
loathsome epidemics, represents a mass , the contemplation of which staggers the mind and makes one ask,
"What is Europe trying to do here? Does she hope to conquer, to change or to purify?"
After a residence of twelve years in various parts of the country I instinctively feel that while military
occupation by the Great Powers may be possible, not only is China in a sense unconquerable, but that she is
eminently a conquering nation, though not by clash of arms. Insidiously, remorselessly and viciously she will
subdue apostles of the West who are sent to her, and unless persistently restrained will overflow into adjacent
lands and conquer there by cheap labour and unremitting toil.
For the photographs I am indebted to the generosity of Mrs T. Child, as well as to T.T.H. Ferguson, A.J.E.
Allen, Carlos Cabral and the late H. Hall, Esquires.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. ANGLO-CHINESE LIFE 1
II. SERVANTS AND TRADESMEN 26
III. SHOOTING 46
IV. RIDING 73
V. SAILING 96
VI. JAMBOREES 119
VII. AROUND PEKING 139
VIII. HERE AND THERE 169
IX. THE MARRIAGE TIE 197
X. DISCUSSED POINTS: PEOPLE, LANGUAGE, MISSIONARIES, CHANCES 212
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PHOTO BY
PAGODA NEAR HANKOW H. HALL Frontispiece
THE BRITISH CONCESSION, HANKOW Chinese To face page 3
HOUSE-COOLIE, BOY, COOK, AND "NO. 2." T.T.H. FERGUSON " 37
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HOUSE-BOAT ON THE YANGTSE A.J.E. ALLEN " 50
THE CAB OF NORTHERN CHINA A.J.E. ALLEN " 75
THE OLD GRAND-STAND, HANKOW RACES, 1888 Chinese " 87
FOOCHOW JUNK, SHOWING EYE T.T.H. FERGUSON " 98
PLAYING FANTAN IN PRIVATE HOUSE CARLOS CABRAL " 133
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA T.T.H. FERGUSON " 158
AVENUE OF STONE FIGURES, MING TOMBS T.T.H. FERGUSON " 161
A TYPICAL FARM-HOUSE H. HALL " 177
FISHING-JUNKS IN MACAO HARBOUR AT CHINESE NEW YEAR CARLOS CABRAL " 189
BUDDHIST PRIEST AND ACOLYTE HOLDING BOOK T. CHILD " 228
VOCABULARY
=Bund.= The embankment or quay of a concession.
=Concession.= A strip of land conceded by China to another Power exclusively for the residences of
foreigners.
=Camoëns.= Portuguese poet who wrote the Luciad at Macao.
=Chit.= Any letter or note, also an I.O.U.
=Chop chop.= Quickly. Hurry up.
=Compradore.= Chinese agent or partner.
=Coolie.= Chinese labourer.
=Cumshaw.= A tip or present.
=European.= In China this word is equally applicable to Americans.
=Foreigner.= European or American in China.
=Gingall.= Heavy muzzle-loading musket requiring two men to carry and fire it.
=Han, Children of.= Chinese.
=Kowtow.= To make obeisance by striking the head on the ground.
=Lowdah.= Sailing-master.
=Mafoo.= Groom.
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=Native.= Chinese.
=Out-port.= Any treaty port except Shanghai, and Hongkong.
=Papico.= Junk from Ningpo, shaped aft like a duck.
=Pow.= To gallop.
=Praia Grande.= Esplanade facing sea.
=Pumelo.= A coarse fruit resembling an enormous orange.
=Punkah.= Large fan suspended from ceiling for ventilating room.
=Ricksha.= Small gig drawn by a coolie, who plies it for hire.
=Runner.= Official underling. Police agent.
=Sai.= Here I am. A word used by servants combining Sir and Lai , to come.
=Samli.= A fish resembling salmon.
=Sampan.= Small native boat.
=Samshu.= Spirit distilled from rice or millet.
=Settlement.= Where Europeans have settled on a limited strip of Chinese territory.
=Shroff.= Chinese accountant, cashier and banker.
=Squeeze.= Recognised cheating.
=Sycee Shoes.= Rough lumps of silver cast in shape of China-woman's small shoe or of half-globe.
=Tiffin.= Luncheon.
=Treaty-port.= Any port opened by treaty to foreign trade.
=Waler.= Horse from New South Wales.
=Westerner.= European or American.
=Yamên.= Official building.
=Yulow.= A scull worked over the stern.
=Zacousca.= Russian appetiser or snack taken before meals.
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