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A TRIP TO CHINA. 75ill the warehouses with Uncle Mac ; every thing isso curious and new to me ; and I 'm specially interestedin China because you have been there."" I '11 show you two genuine Chinamen who havejust arrived. You will like to welcome Whang Loand Fun See, I 'm sure."" Don't ask me to speak to them, uncle ; I shall besure to laugh at the odd names and the pig-tails andthe slanting eyes. Please let me just trot round afteryou ; I like that best."" Very well ; now steer toward the wharf wherethe big ship with the queer flag is. That 's the' Rajah,' and we Avill go aboard if we can."In among the ships they went, by the wharveswhere the water was green and still, and queer barnaclesgrew on the slippery piles. Odd smells salutedher nose, and odd sights met her eyes, but Rose likedit all, and j^layed she was really landing in Hong Kongwhen they glided up to the steps in the shadow of thetall "Rajah." Boxes and bales were rising out of thehold and being carried into the warehouse by stoutporters, who tugged and bawled and clattered aboutwith small trucks, or worked cranes with ironclawsthat came down and clutched heavy weights, whiskingthem aloft to where wide doors like mouths swallowedthem ujD.Dr. Alec took her aboard theship, and she had thesatisfaction of poking her inquisitive little nose intoevery available corner, at the risk of being crushed,lost, or drowned." Well, child, how would you Hke to take a voyageround the world with me in a jolly old craft like