They are only one story high; and, from the fact of the roof's being placed directly above the windows, appear as if they were crushed.

On account of the continual heat, there is no glass in any of the windows, but its place is supplied by sun-blinds.
Every article of merchandise has here, as at Canton, if not its own peculiar street, at least its own side of the street.

The building in which meat and vegetables are sold, is a fine handsome edifice resembling a temple.
As a natural result of the number of persons of different nations congregated upon this island, there are various temples, none of which are worthy of notice, however, with the exception of that belonging to the Chinese.

It is formed like an ordinary house, but the roof is ornamented in the usual Chinese fashion to rather too great an extent.

It is loaded with points and pinnacles, with circles and curves without end, all of which are formed of coloured tiles or porcelain, and decorated with an infinity of arabesques, flowers, dragons, and other monsters.