Now then." "Oh, please hold me very tight till I get there! Why do you have the stern so far away ?" and, stifling several squeaks of alarm in her passage, Rose crept to the distant seat, and sat there holding on with both hands and looking as if she expected every wave to bring a sudden shipwreck.
Uncle Alec took no notice of her fear, but patiently instructed her in the art of steering, till she was so absorbed in remembering which was starboard and which larboard, that she forgot to say "OW!" every time a big wave slapped against the boat.
"Now where shall we go ?" she asked, as the wind blew freshly in her face, and a few, long swift strokes sent them half across the little bay.
"Suppose we go to China ?" "Isn't that rather a long voyage ?" "Not as I go.

Steer round the Point into the harbour, and I'll give you a glimpse of China in twenty minutes or so." "I should like that!" and Rose sat wondering what he meant, while she enjoyed the new sights all about her.
Behind them the green Aunt-hill sloped gently upward to the grove at the top, and all along the seaward side stood familiar houses, stately, cosy, or picturesque.

As they rounded the Point, the great bay opened before them full of shipping, and the city lay beyond, its spires rising above the tall masts with their gay streamers.
"Are we going there ?" she asked, for she had never seen this aspect of the rich and busy old city before.
"Yes.

Uncle Mac has a ship just in from Hong Kong, and I thought you would like to go and see it." "Oh, I should.

I love dearly to go poking about in the warehouses with Uncle Mac; everything is so curious and new to me; and I'm specially interested in China because you have been there." "I'll show you two genuine Chinamen who have just arrived.