Index

Abacus, 52

Aberdeen, 235

Adventure(s), 27, 76, 126

Ah Kum, 109–12

Aide-de-camp, 72–4

Air raids, 232–3

Alabaster, Sir Chaloner & Lady, 143

Amah(s), 108, 124

American consul, 200

American factory or hong, 23, 37

American missionary, 229

American sailors, 230

American tourist(s), 201, 226

American(s), 97, 176, 201, 226

Ancestors, 146

Ancestral tablets, 196

Anti-footbinding movement, 159

Archdeacon Gray, 93, 105

Artists, 40–1

Asiatics, 63

Attack, 97, 186

Bamboo(s), 18, 21, 47, 174

Bandits, 236–8

Barbarian(s), 23, 51–2, 126

Barbers, 169, 220

Barracoons, 95

Beggar(s), 23, 109

Bicycle or Byke, 131, 210–11

Biswas, Ramnath, 210, 213

Boca Tigre, 28

Bomb(s), 232–3, 235

Book of Rites, 72, 73

Bookshop, 190

Bound feet (see also Feet), 161, 229

Bowring, Dr., 94

Boy(s), 166, 167–8

Brassey, Mrs., 115

Bride, 121

British (see also English), 209

British army, 235

British consul(ate), 159, 211

British empire, 43

British government, 43

British navy, 228

British soldiers (see also Soldiers), 230

Buddha, 221

Camoëns, 94, 224

Cantlie, Dr., 151

Carabâo, 141

Carnegie, Andrew, 116, 118

Carriage, 115

Caste, 226

Cat(s), 116–7

Chairs (see also Sedan Chairs), 154, 196, 204–5

Champagne, 107

Chater, Sir Paul, 194

Chiang Kai Shek’s army, 234

Children, 32, 78, 140, 145, 182

Chinaman(men), 36, 113, 156, 163

Chinese, 44, 51, 73, 84, 116, 118, 129, 151, 174–6, 207, 214

Chinese ladies, women, girls, 122, 217, 229

Chinese negroes, 238

Chinnery, 40, 194

Cholera, 193, 226

Chop-sticks, 56, 74, 108

Christianity, 44

Christian(s), 45, 84, 128

Christmas Day, 118, 235

Church, 40, 118, 164, 173

Cigar(s), 156

Citadel, 17

City of the Dead, 92

Clift, C. Winifred Lechmere, 189, 191

Climate, 72, 79, 88

Cockroaches, 28, 183

Collinson, Clifford W., 203, 207

Colonies, 42–3, 214

Concubines, 84

Confucius, 172

Conjurer, 182

Convert(s), 84, 86

Cook, 58–9, 167–8, 199

Cooke, George Wingrove, 66, 68

Coolie(s), 95–6, 110, 118, 168, 174

Corpse(s), 56, 92–3, 149, 151, 203

Court, 102–3, 129

Courtesy, 107

Crackers, 178, 207, 209, 215

Cradock, Lt. C., 137, 138

Crime(s), 20–1, 102–3, 202, 204

Croisset, Francis de, 221, 225

Crossley, E.D., 236, 239

Cumming, C.F. Gordon, 121, 124

Curio-shop, 201

Curiosities, 63, 120

Custom, 47, 140, 208, 209, 218

Dangers, 200–2

Death, 129, 150–1, 165, 204

Dentist(s), 218–9

Dewar, Thomas, 148, 149

Diamonds, 161

Dinner(s), 167–8, 197, 208, 216

Disease, 150–1

Doctor, 87–8, 129, 151, 157, 236, 238

Dog(s), 38, 82, 84, 116–7, 156, 237

Dollars, 156

Dowager Empress, 162

Drage, Commander C.H., 192, 194

Dragon, 221

Dress, 122, 217, 229

Ducks, 33, 145–6, 199

Ducks’ tongues, 33, 193

Dynamite, 139

Eclipse, 207

Ellis, Henry T., 65

Emperor, 69, 71

England, 43

English or Englishmen (see also British), 16, 44, 45, 67, 209

English and Irish wives, 84

English merchants, 40

English oaths, 84

English residents, 65

English soldiers (see also Soldiers), 151

Escape, 77, 99, 236–7

Etiquette, 106, 216

European women, 47, 84

European(s), 41, 48–9, 66–7, 158, 226

Execution, 70–1, 165, 203–4

Execution ground, 70, 111–2

Exercise, 51, 82

Expense, 49

Factory, 29

Family, 64, 113, 146, 204

Fan, 162

Fanquis, Fanquai, Fankwae, 29, 125, 132, 133

Fantan house, 164

Fashion, 217

Fate, 71, 101, 147

Fatshan, 81, 83, 131–3

Feast, 58–9

Feet (see also Bound Feet), 123, 161–2

Fever, 53–4

Field, Henry M., 102, 105

Finger-nails, 110–12, 122

Firecrackers (see also Crackers), 201

Fishing, 139

Flogging(s), 32, 69

Flower Street, 193

Fog, 165–6, 171

Football match, 164

Forbes, Robert B., 37, 38, 39

Ford, R.S.M. Charles, 234, 235

Foreign devil(s), 26, 82, 126, 128, 135

Franck, Harry A., 200, 202

French consul, 144

Frenchmen, 67

Fruit, 48

Funicular (see also Tram), 180

Gambling, 117, 164, 208

Game-pie, 141

Gaoler(s), 66–8

Garrison, 41, 43, 155

Gatekeeper, 168–9

Geomancer(s), 92–3

German(s), 119, 190, 230–1

Goat, 173

Golden lily, 123

Government House, 114, 119, 192–4

Governor, 41, 72–3, 93

Grave, 92–3, 100–1

Gray, Archdeacon, 93, 105

Gray, Mrs., 106, 108

Greek, 178

Griffin, 158

Guerillas, 233, 237–9

Guide, 109–12, 116, 125–7, 204

Guilds, 169

Guinnesses, 192

Gunboat(s), 143, 155, 228

Gun(s), 199, 230

Halcombe, Charles J.H., 150, 151

Hall, Capt. Basil, 15, 19

Happy Valley, 192

Harbour(s), 43, 155, 177, 180, 189, 228, 231

Hardy, Rev. E.J., 171, 173

Hat(s), 122

Headache, 124

Heat, 182

Henry, B.C., 134, 136

Hero(es), 151, 206

Hindu, 212–3

Hingston, James, 109, 112

Hochberg, Count Fritz von, 177, 180

Holmes, E. Burton, 157, 158

Honesty, 174, 176

Hong, 29

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, 194

Hong merchants, 23, 26, 27, 37, 38

Hongkong Club, 157, 181

Hospitality, 124, 196

Hostess(es), 195–6

Host(s), 121–2, 124

Hotel(s), 210, 211, 212, 215

Asia, 212

Boa Vista, 163

Hongkong, 114, 154, 155, 178, 229

King Edward, 177

Houqua or Howqua, 38, 106–8

House(s), 40, 62, 124

Humidity, 182

Hunter, W.C., 23, 26, 38

Hutchison, James Lafayette, 208, 209

Hypnotism, 182

Ice, 49

Imperial Army of Japan, 235

Indian, 115, 181

Inn, 134–6

Insult(s), 17, 56, 143, 212

Italian consul, 159

Japanese or Japs, 175, 193, 211, 229, 230, 232–3, 234, 236–7, 239

Jappon Kuei (see also Japanese), 211, 213

Jewellery, 122

Jinrikisha (see also Rickshaws), 158

Jones-Parry, Capt. S.H., 119, 120

Josses, 148, 149

Judge(s), 102–3, 176

Junk, 20–1, 46, 56–60

Justice, 18, 102–5

Kai Tak, 232

Kitchen, 38, 167

Kowloon, 214, 233, 234

Kuomintang, 198–9

Laird, E.K., 94, 96

Lantau, 190

Laurie, P.G., 72, 74

Lay, G. Tradescant, 34, 36

Leper(s), 100, 110

Li Hung Chang, 159–62

Libraries, 31

Lin, Commissioner, 37

Lindley, A.F., 75, 77

Lintin, 27

Little, Mrs. Archibald, 159, 162

Loviot, Fanny, 55, 61

Low, Harriet, 27, 30

Lunch(eon), 106–7, 121, 141

Luxuries, 74, 87–8

Lyster, Thomas, 78, 80

Macaists, 62–3

MacKellar, C.D., 163, 166

Magic, 172

Magician, 182

Magistrate, 104

Mah-jong or Ma chiang, 208, 218, 219, 224

Manchu Dynasty, 198

Mandarin(s), 15, 17, 25, 27, 67, 70

Mangiapan, Francisco, 20, 22

Marie, 76–7

Marriage, 76, 215

Martin, R.M., 42, 43

Martin, William, 214, 217

Mauser(s), 196, 238

Maxwell, Capt., 15–7

Meadows, Thomas Taylor, 51, 52

Men-about-town, 222

Men-of-war, 120, 155, 228

Missionaries, 44–5, 81–4

Mob, 125–6

Morse, Edward S., 125, 128

Mosquito curtains or nets, 28, 82, 183

Mosquitoes, 83, 140

Mourning, 72, 74, 121, 122

Mundy, Walter William, 97, 99

Music, 79, 118

Nails (see also Finger-nails), 51

Natural Feet Society, 159

Naval officers, 65, 164

Nazis, 231

New Territories, 236

New Year, 177–9, 239

Night life, 208–9

Noise, 215

Opium, 28, 37–9, 71, 72, 73, 156, 208, 209

Orientals, 71, 158, 207

Ox, 36

Paddy-fields, 140

Pagodas, 28, 118, 204

Painters, 40

Palanquins, 109, 110, 204–5

Peak, 171, 180, 192, 209, 214, 229

Pearl River, 214, 224

Pei-quei, 73–4

Peninsular and Oriental, 119

Petitions, 23–6

Pfeiffer, Ida, 46, 50

Photography, 120

Pickpocket, 19

Picnic, 144

Pidgin or Pigeon, 15–6, 23, 114

Pig(s), 146, 195

Pirate(s), 49–50, 55–60, 69, 97–9, 186, 188, 203–4, 224

Pistols, 46

Piton, Rev. C., 100, 101

Plague, 150–1, 158

Pleasure district, 222

Poison, 31, 67

Police, 155, 165, 202, 230

Politeness, 124

Ponies, 115, 124, 137–8, 154–5

Portuguese, 40, 62–4, 95

Portuguese consul, 144

Pottery, 125–6

Poyntz, Maj. W.H., 69, 71

Praya, 89, 113, 165, 183

Priests, 73–4

‘Prince of Wales’, 233

Printing, 64

Prison, 66–8

Prison camp, 237

Prisoner(s), 37, 66–8, 70–1, 102, 165

Prisoners of war, 235

Punishment, 18

Punka(s), 158, 183

Quaker, 24

Queen’s Road, 157

Race-course, 114, 154

Race(s), 114–5, 138, 172, 192

Railway, 173, 239

Rain, 88, 161, 183–4

Rat(s), 31, 38, 55, 116–7, 150

Ready, Oliver, 167, 170

Ready, Sybil, 185, 188

Red devils, 73

Redwood, B.C., 232, 233

Relative(s), 92, 100–1, 129–30, 151, 238

Republican movement, 198

‘Repulse’, 233

Restaurant(s), 208, 218, 239

Revolution, 196

Revolver, 79, 125, 127, 186

Rice fields, 140

Rickshaws or Rickshas (see also Jinrikisha), 164, 229

Robbers (see also Thieves), 69, 78

Robbery, 103, 201

Rogue(s), 18–9, 41, 238

Rouge, 121

Rubies, 181

Russian advisers, 198

Russians, 226–7

Sailor(s), 20–1, 61, 67, 163, 226, 230

St. Andrew’s Night Ball, 172, 194

Salt-water girls, 219

Sampan(s), 113, 219, 220, 222–4

Samshu, 69, 71

San Paulo church, 40, 164

School, 34–5

Schoolmaster, 36

Scriptures, 34

Searchlight(s), 190, 231

Seaweed, 108

Sedan chairs (see also Chairs), 41, 70, 118

See, C.S., 218, 220

Selby, Thomas G., 81, 86

Servant(s), 48, 87, 92, 150, 158, 162, 167

Seton, Grace Thompson, 195, 196

Shameen or Shamien, 143, 196, 197, 199, 215–6, 219–20

Shopkeeper(s), 199, 201

Shopping, 41

Shop(s), 119, 156, 163, 201, 208

Shuttlecock, 79, 179

Sightseeing, 157

Sikhs, 155, 181–2

Simpson, Rev. A.B., 145, 147

Slave trade, 69

Slavery, 96

Slaves, 77

Smith, F. Dumont, 174, 176

Smith, Rev. George, 44, 45

Smugglers, 28

Snipe, 140–1

Society, 65, 119, 197

Soldier(s), 54, 151, 196, 230

Songs, 79, 220

Spies, 50, 236

Squeeze or Squeezing, 27, 167

Steamer or Steamboat, 97, 163

Stephens, 194

Stevens, Thomas, 131, 133

Storks, 92, 93

Storm(s), 89, 149

Stubbs, Sir Reginald, 192

Student(s), 198, 206, 212, 221

Sun Yat-sen, 198–9, 210, 212

Superstition, 127

Surrender, 235

Swiss gentleman, 49

Sword(s), 70, 99, 182, 203

Tail, 18, 69

Tailor(s), 157, 170

Taipo, 233

Tamar, 194

Tax, 169

Tea, 47, 73

Temple(s), 118, 146, 221

Theatre, 205, 207

Thermometer, 81, 171, 182

Thieves (see also Robbers), 18, 80, 100, 169, 181

Thomas, Charles Richard, 226, 227

Thomson, J., 87, 89

Thomson, John Stuart, 181, 184

Tiffin, 141, 158

Tipperary, 230

Torture, 103–4

Tourists, 201, 222

Train, 173, 214

Tram or Tramway (see also Funicular), 171, 192

Trees, 146

Typhoon, 88

Viceroy, 159, 161–2

Victoria, 46

Village(s), 84–6, 145–6, 238–9

Villain(s), 21, 205

Volunteers, 151, 189

Waiters, 156

Waitresses, 218

Waln, Nora, 197, 199

Wanchai, 233

War, 189–90, 228–30, 232

Watch(es), 25, 50, 110, 111

Watchman, 93, 168–9

Water-buffalo, 141

Water-clock, 111

Water-front, 219

Weather, 79, 88, 148, 149

Wells, Carveth, 228, 231

Weppner, Margaretha, 92, 93

Werner, E.T.C., 143, 144

Whampoa, 28, 75, 78

White negress, 64

Wine, 57, 122, 216, 239

Young, Walter H., 139, 142

Younghusband, Capt. G.J., 154, 156

Yunnanese, 199

Yvan, Dr., 62, 64