A Year in China, And a Narrative of Capture And Imprisonment, When Homeward Bound, On Board the Rebel Pirate Florida
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Chinnery, the English artist, who during his life- time became quite famous for his fine delineation of Oriental scenery, and his remarkably life-like sketches of the boat-people and other classes of Chinese, has also a conspicuous tomb within these walls. His pictures not only bear the impress of genius, but are particularly remarkable for their exquisite fidelity to nature, in which respect he is justly entitled to rank as the Teniers of the East. Romanism is the established religion of the c...ol- ony ; yet, out of thirteen churches, all but three are sequestered. St. Paul's, a grand old stone church, which was built in 1634, was destroyed by fire in 1835. The fa9ade, and high stone steps of this edifice are still standing; and judging from the ruin, which is a conspicuous object, — meeting the eye from every point of view, — it must have been an imposing structure. One of the chief points of interest in the Casa 10 146 A YEAR IN CHINA. Gardens — which we visited — is the grotto where Camoens, the Portuguese poet, is said to have writ- ten most of the Lusiad.
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