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Tong-há Hu# or the market-place of Tong-há
village, where markets are held nine days in each month, lies nearly opposite the Whampoa Pagoda. It has forty shops, a few dwelling- houses, a school of fourteen boys, and one temple. There are here four or five kilns for burning lime from oyster shells.
Tong-há Village is situated about one mile from the river, and is approached by a winding stone-walk from the bank. There are 4000 inhabitants of the surnames Chung Pún Li and Leung 2. Farming is the principal occupation of the in- habitants. A government salt dépôt is stationed here to supply the neighborhood.
Leung
Che-pt A village opposite Whampoa Pagoda, having from 8000 to 10,000 inhabitants of the surnames Sú and Wong. There are 100, ancestral halls and ten schools; seven large kilns for burning brick and tiles, and a government salt dépôt, are also attached to the village. There are but few shops, the houses being principally family residences.
Tung-po. This market town is directly opposite the Whampoa Pagoda, and five minutes walk from Ché-pí. There are more than two hundred shops, two schools, several gambling shops, and ten furnaces for making lime. The village is approached from the river by a stone walk, 300 yards in length. At its termination near the village, a high granite bridge is thrown over the creek.
Shek-kong. A market place opposite the east end of Whampoa island. There are 500 inhabitants, a Man táp, or "Lite- rary Pagoda,” fifty shops, and one school of fourteen boys. A number of the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries below the Bogue. In October, 1849, a party of marines from an English man-of-war, aided in extinguishing a fire in this village which destroyed thirty or forty buildings. This generous deed is still remembered by the villa- gers with gratitude.
Mau-kong. A cluster of hamlets one mile north of Shek- kong. There are 4000 inhabitants, principally of the surname of Chau, mostly employed in farming. There are two schools, and several ancestral halls. In the neighborhood of the village are many pleasant walks.
II.—Villages on Whampoa Island.
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Pi-pú Chau is situated near the centre of Whampoa
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