ABSTRACT
The Yellow Sea — The King Wishes to See the Emperor of China — Decided to be Impracticable — Shanghai — Received by the Taotai — An American Negro in China — A Large Steamer Placed at the King’s Service — The Boy and the “Cannibal King” — Departure for Tientsin — Danger from Pirates — The Peiho River and the Taku Forts — “Blood is Thicker than Water” — Received at Tientsin by the Taotai and Viceroy Li Hung Chang’s Secretary — Difficulties About Visiting Pekin — The King Only a Foreign Devil — Calling on the Viceroy — Li Asks Questions and Smokes — The Viceroy Returns the King’s Call and Asks More Questions — His Opinion About the Japanese — People Gather to See the “Black Foreign Devil” — Dinner with the Viceroy — The Viceroy’s Son — Chinese Democracy — Presents from the Viceroy.
