. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . v5 ^ 1 ^ I J ^S .^ I V ^ I 1. Ss ■^ ^ ^ \^ 1^ HONG-KONG, FROM KOW-LOON. 45 rising i-ather rapidly above the river, consists of five stories, resting on a substructure, thatwould appear, from the solid quality of the natural foundation, to have been altogetherunnecessary. From its plain decorations, and very inferior style, it may probably havebeen dedicated to the winds, or the waves, rather than to Buddha, whose priests wouldnot readily have abandoned a position so agreeably and fe
. China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire . v5 ^ 1 ^ I J ^S .^ I V ^ I 1. Ss ■^ ^ ^ \^ 1^ HONG-KONG, FROM KOW-LOON. 45 rising i-ather rapidly above the river, consists of five stories, resting on a substructure, thatwould appear, from the solid quality of the natural foundation, to have been altogetherunnecessary. From its plain decorations, and very inferior style, it may probably havebeen dedicated to the winds, or the waves, rather than to Buddha, whose priests wouldnot readily have abandoned a position so agreeably and felicitously placed for thevisits of votaries. In several places of China, known to Europeans, temples of the windshave been found, without either priests or protectors, and resigned, like the forsakenpagoda of Poo-keou, to the mercy of their tutelar deities. Its proximity to Nanking gives ample employment to the rural population of thisdistrict, and facility of water-conveyance is amongst the chief advantages which theyenjoy. Tis true, labour is cheap vi-here hands are numerous, and the Chinese are morelavish of manual workmanship th
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