As we went hither and thither we met occasionally groups of sight-seers, among them some of our friends, members of the Convention, Bishops, and clerical and lay deputies, who felt this was a rare opportunity to study heathendom; and I am sure all went away from this strange spot thanking God for our noble Anglo-Saxon civilisation, as well as for the knowledge of His Revelation.
The houses, I observed, are three, and sometimes four stories high, with balconies and windows, which give them a decidedly Oriental appearance.

On most of them were signs displayed in the Chinese language.

You also see scrolls by the doors of the private houses and on the shops.

The signs are a study in their bright colours and their mythological and fantastic adornments.

Yellow is the predominant colour, and the dragon is in evidence everywhere.