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of granite. A canal
of
One hundred
(100) feet in breadth was constructed
between the northern side and the
neighbouring Chinese suburb; and the whole island is now covered
with the handsome houses
of
chief European merchants, and
ornamented with broad and well-
shaded roads and walks, and
beautiful gardens, cricket-grounds,
012.
In short, the frontage of the European settlement at Canton on the Pearl River has been compared, in many of its features, to the Thames
embankment in London. It should be added that similar European
settlements have been created of late years at Shanghai, and at the other Treaty Ports in China, and that they
are all managed, like "the Shameen" at Canton, by Municipal Councils elected by the residents, who cheerfully pay the rates required for necessary
public works, police, and other purposes.
6.
Were I may be permitted to digress for a moment, and to observe, with reference to
the