Everybody knows by this time that the missionaries of Canton are bent upon erecting in Canton a Memorial Hall to perpetuate the memory of Morrison and his work. This project has been accepted as feasible by those who are it, and as worthy by all those ave given it any attention both in China and throughout the world, The great undertaking has been well supported both in the Orient and the Occident. The great gatherings, however, which made September 6 such " marked day in Canton are only indirectly connected with this scheme. They were 4 purely native outburst of enthusiasm, and were intended simply to express appreciation of Morrison's work.
The functions that formed part of the commemoration wore arranged by the natives themselves in a very able manner, Tt was decided, some time since, to hold a series of big meetings on the Centenary Anniversary of Mor-risen's arrival at Canton in 1807. They were to commence on September 8. As there was no building in Canton large enough to accommodate the crowds that were expected to gather, it was {decided (o erect an original structure of batten, which is known in official documents ax "The Bamboo Taber-nade." Everybody knows that the Chinese in the South of China are very clever in erecting such buildings. They are constantly arranging them for travelling actors to play in, as well as for idol birthdays to accommodate the crowds that come together to worship. Such structures are erected entirely of bamboo poles, and these poles are fastened together with shreds of rattan kin, and then the whole is roofed in with the leat of palms. The building rises, like the palaces we read of in the Arabian Nights," almost ina night.
any rate only a day or so is needed to erect the largest structure. The which was to accommodate and their friends, held Original fr om
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