See also:

• SWATOW (also Shan`tow)

SWATOW (also Shan`See also:

• TOW

tow)  , a See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CHINA

China, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Kwang-tung, opened to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in 1869 . The populationis upwards of 6o,000 . The See also:

• TOWN

town is situated at the mouth of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• RIVER

river Han, which 30 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles inland flows past the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Ch'aochow Fu, or Tai-chu (Tie-chu), while the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is more populous and full of towns and villages than any other See also:

• PART

part of the province . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, but being situated at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end of the See also:

• FORMOSA
• FORMOSA (called Taiwan by the Chinese, and following them by the Japanese, into whose possession it came after their war with China in 1895)

Formosa Strait the town is exposed to the full force of the typhoons, and much destruction is occasionally wrought . See also:

• ENGLISH

English merchants settled on See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

Double See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island in the river as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1856; but the city, which is built on ground but recently recovered from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, was formerly a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village . The trade of the port has rapidly increased . In 1869 the See also:

• TOTAL

total value of the trade was £4,800,000, in 1884 £5,519,772, and in 1904 £7,063,579• The surrounding country is a great See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane See also:

• DISTRICT

district producing annually about 2,400,000 cwt. of sugar, and there is an extensive refinery in the town employing up-wards of 600 workmen and possessing a See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir for 7,000,000 gallons of See also:

• WATER

water . Next in value comes the manufacture of See also:

• BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean-cake, which is also imported in large quantities from Niuchwang, Chifu, See also:

• SHANGHAI

Shanghai, See also:

• AMOY

Amoy and Hong-See also:

• KONG

Kong . Among the leading exports are See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea (since about 1872); grass-See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, manufactured at See also:

• SWATOW (also Shan`tow)

Swatow from so-called Taiwan See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp (the fibre of the Boehmeria nivea from Formosa); See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine-See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple cloth, manufactured in the villages about Chieh-Yang (a town 22 M. distant); oranges, for which the district is famous; cheap fans; and See also:

• PEWTER

pewter, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin wares . Swatow is also a great See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration port and was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of many See also:

• KIDNAPPING (from kid, a slang term for a child, and nap or nab, to steal)

kidnapping adventures on the part of foreigners in the early days . Their outrages gave rise to much hostile feeling towards foreigners who were not allowed to enter the city of Ch'aochow Fu until the See also:

• YEAR

year 1861 . Of the whole foreign trade of the port upwards of 83% is in See also:

• BRITISH

British bottoms, the trade with Hong-Kong being of especial importance .

About 1865 the whole Swatow district was still divided into a number of " See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent townships, each ruled by its own See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-men," and the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was described in the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official gazetteer, as " generally rebellious and wicked in the highest degree." Mr See also:

• FORREST, EDWIN (1806-1872)
• FORREST, NATHAN BEDFORD (1821—187.7)
• FORREST, SIR JOHN (1847- )

Forrest, British consular See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, relates that in that year he was See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to the preparations for a fight between the See also:

• PEOPLE

people living on the opposite sides of the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, which was only pre-vented by a British See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war-See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel . The Taip`ings swept over the country, and by their ravages and plundering did much to tame the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of the clans . The See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment inflicted in 1869 by See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones on the inhabitants of Otingpui (Ou-ting-pei), about 8 m. from Swatow, for the attack they had made on the boats of H.M.S . " Cockchafer," showed the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese authorities that such piratical villages were not so strong as had been supposed . See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• FANG (FAN, FANWE, PANWE, PAHOUIN, PAOUEN, MPANGWE)

Fang (a native of Ch'aochow Fu) was sent to reduce the district to See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, and he carried out his instructions with remorseless rigour .