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Title: William H. Seward's travels around the world
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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uronward voyage with a feeling of relief. We are now running down the coast of the large and prosper-ous island of Hainan, which is separated from the main-land ofChina by the Gulf of Tonquin. They speak of aborigines on theisland, but, from what we learn of its subdivision into Chineseprovinces, and its confessedly great trade, we are inclined tobelieve that its civilization does not differ materially from that ofthe province of Quan-Tong. Our steamer, recently LImperatrice, of the Messageries Im-periales, is now La Provence, of the Messageries Rationales,changes of name whch illustrate the political versatility of theFrench people. The tout ensemble of passengers and crew isscarcely less indicative of social movements in the East. There are eleven young men, sons of Japanese daimios, travel-ling under the care of a Prussian, who has been their tutor for fiveyears. They are now going to finish their studies; some in Eng-land, some in France, some in Germany—the larger number in the
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THE SAIGOX RIVER. 2C3 United States. It was only when they embarked that they changedtheir native flowing silken dresses, two swords, and wooden shoes,for the Western costume. The tawny lads seem to enjoy thechange prodigiously, for they make during the day as many changesof toilet as a Saratoga belle. There is, next, an intelligent American merchant of Shanghai,on his way to London, as agent of the Chinese Government, to pur-chase two American merchant-steamers, to be built in England,and steam-engines for two American ships-of-war, which arenow on the stocks at Shanghai. Also a Spanish tobacco-merchantwith his family, going from Manila to visit his early home in Cata-lonia. Two young Americans, just out of Harvard, are making thetour around the world. They are now going to Bangkok, a jour-ney which we had purposed making, but were obliged to forego.On reaching Saigon, they intend crossing the mountains of Cam-bodia to Siam by elephant-train. January 1th.—When you are travelling in

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