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    In Macao
    In Macao
    In Macao
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    In Macao

    By Charles A. Gunnison

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      In Macao - Charles A. Gunnison

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      Title: In Macao

      Author: Charles A. Gunnison

      Release Date: June 22, 2006 [eBook #18658]

      Language: English

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN MACAO***

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      IN MACAO.

      BY

      CHARLES A. GUNNISON.

      PRESS OF

      COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING CO.

      34 California St., S.F.

      CONTENTS

      Dedication

      California

      In Macao

      My Sapphire Ring

      The Hen That Could Lay and Lie

      Oceanic at Sea

      FRAU JULIE FISCHER.

      geb. von Seckendorff-Gutend.

      Die beifolgenden, widme ich Ihnen, als Beweis in welch' unvergesslicher Erinnerung, die von mir in Beyern verlebte Zeit, gehalten wird, und besonders die unvergleichlichen Tage welche ich im Rothem Schloss zu Obernzeen zubringen durfte, Tage welche zu den schoensten meines Lebens zaehlten, und nie aus meinem Herzen verwischt werden koennen.

      Charles A. Gunnison.

      San Francisco, Cal., Xmas, 1892.

      California.

      This is thy form, dear, native home of mine,—

      A gold-net hammock swung from palm to pine,

      Moved by the breezes of the peaceful sea,

      And in the net, smiling so drowsily,

      My mother California, queen divine,

      Rests, while the poppy garlands her entwine.

      In her warm arms, 'neath cloudless summer skies,

      As child I heard her bee-hummed lullabies,

      Saw her red malvas, blue nemophylæ,

      Pink manzanitas, deep-hued laurel tree,

      And what were marvels to my childish eyes,

      Her mariposas, (tethered butterflies).

      What of the rich and wondrous foreign things

      Which each new tide to her in tribute brings!

      Although from olive, orange, fig, and vine,

      Her own fond children all their wealth consign,

      'Tis Flora's gifts my royal mother sings,

      As, joined to palm and pine, her hammock swings.

      In Macao.

      A Story from the Grasshopper's Library.

      I was seated one pleasant day in the garden, which was given to the city of Macao by the Marcos family, near the grotto sacred to the poet Camoens, when a Portuguese priest came from among the wilderness of flowers and sat beside me. He spoke English with a pleasant accent and we read Bowring's effusion together, as it is engraved on the marble slab nearby. Scarcely had we finished, and the father was telling me of Goa in India, when my uncle Robert came from beneath the great banyan tree and stood before us. The father jumped to his feet, and throwing back his brown robe, rushed forward toward my uncle with a stilletto held ready for an upward stroke. Quickly my uncle drew a revolver and fired—and the father fell dead at my feet.

      I

      To those who have been in Southern Europe and have seen the towns along the Riviera, the first view of Macao, as the steamboat approaches from Hong Kong, gives the impression of having been suddenly transported to the sunny Mediterranean. Were it not for the colour of the water, and the Chinese junks, Macao would indeed be a perfect representation of any of those lovely spots, as she lies along her crescent

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