If you go with a small party, which is best, all can share the expense.
It will take about three hours to explore the town thoroughly and study the life.

The writer went through Chinatown on two evenings at an interval of a few days, and saw this Asiatic Quarter of San Francisco to great advantage.

The first time was with a licensed guide of long experience, and the second time it was under the direction of a police-detective.

Some five friends were in the party; and we started on our tour of exploration about half past nine o'clock at night.

The night is the best time in which to study the life, for then you can see the Chinese in their houses and at their amusements, as well as many others who still are at work; for some of the Chinese artisans toil for sixteen hours a day, and long into the hours of the night.