The Archive · 1935

Boatmen Have Own Temple

Little Known House of Worship Visited SPECIAL 70 HE "s.-c, weRaLa"

To-day, many of Shanghai's old landmarks are fast disappearing, bein. superseded on all sides by modern structures of steel and concrete. It To understand the position of Jwere supported by stone pillars, and! yellow fever, Vera Cruz and the West oreanety in Canton at the bene the upper verandahs were furnished Indies"

Mower the" incteenth century" 1 with venetian blinds and floored.

Thelid be remembered that Euro-with Chinese marble, Entrance to Summers Spent in Macao Pion were conigered to be devil the rear courtyards was by arched Reniet with whom, would contaminpassages running from the front, During the slack season from May Ste me ancient eviization ofthe The lower floors were occupied by; to September, all who could escape ladle kingdom. "pera eet Jcounting-rooms, godowns and store-from the ghetto in Canton recuperated hounded with brazes such as "the rooms, by rooms. for compradores, idleness at Macao. Lord Saltoun Hiyaand the =the towery natives their assistants, servants, and_coolies, writes, "Macao is a very pretty nice the. barbarian orelgners must Jas well as by' massively built trea-clean " town with excellent large Braitineliy elvidea. Between those sunes, an essential feature before houses built on the Portuguese plan, trtside and! those inde must [the advent of banks. The second and must at one time have been Srecled a pret barrier" And a0 12 floor was devoted to living quarters, strong and well fortified, but now: Suleg up fiver fromthe anenorege the third to bedrooms. like all other things belonging to sort of "Whampoa the foreign Portugal, the fortifications are in bad.

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