The Wang-lau and Fa-Shun are flower boats of the Canton river. They are floating cafes, the saloon extending the whole length of the boat, profusely decorated and ornamented.
The Chee-Tung-Teng are floating hotels, and sometimes hired for travelling in.
The Tan-Poo, or bed-boats, are much frequented by Chinese travellers, who pay from 50 cents. to a dollar for a night's lodging. Assignations also are kept in them.
The Chu-Teng, or floating kitchens, in size and shape resemble the flower boats, but have no decorations ; the stern is fitted up as a humble cafe. They are largely used at boatmen's marriages for providing the dinner banquets.
The Koong-Sze-Teng or Hong-Me-Teng, known as ]long boats, are 30 to 40 feet long, and some what resemble the gondola of Venice. They have carvings and gildings, and their saloon may hold ten or twelve persons. They are propelled by a scull.
The Lou-Shun, or chamber boats, on the Canton river are floating temples or shrines, at which the boatmen solemnize their marriages by Taoist priests, who also, in them, say masses for the repose of the drowned and the unclaimed dead. • Nam-Mo-Teng are boats used as residences by the Taoist priests, whose services day and night are required by the boat population. They are similar in construction to the Chee-Tung-Teng boats, but have no glass windows, only sliding wooden shutters. They are stationary.
The Chu-Ka-Teng are very similar to the Nam Mo-Teng, only smaller. They are stationary river dwellings for sailors and river boatmen. They are numerous, and anchored in 'streets.
The Sha Teng, or Sampans, are river boats up to 28 feet long, in great requisition by persons moving about on business. There are many kinds, some with a saloon and benches; some with stools, and navigated by a man and his wife, or by one or more women.
Ma-Leng-Teng is a shallow boat, shaped like a China slipper, and the boatman faces the bow of the boat as he pushes the oars from him.
Wang-Shuee-Too of the Canton river arc ferry boats. They are propelled by a scull made to rest on a pivot at the stern. Each is licensed to carry six to fourteen passengers. Many of them are of great length, with a flush deck on which cattle and horses embark.
The Dragon Boats of China are long and narrow, capable of holding forty to eighty men. They are employed by the Chinese in their boat races and rowing matches, in the festival of the fifth day of the fifth month, usually falling in June, and seemingly relating to the summer solstice.
Chaong-Loong, or Long Dragon boat, are much used by pirates who infest the Chinese rivers, creeks, and seas.
There are snake-like craft on the rivers, creeks, and canals of the Eastern and Midland Provinces, used as post boats.
Tcha-Ho-Teng boats on the Canton river are somewhat similar to the Chaong-Loong. They are used by the river police.
Sampan means three boards, and is the ordi nary name for small boats or punts propelled by short oars or paddles. They are very narrow, without keels, and draw very little water.
The Chu-Teng, or hot conger) boat, has a small galley for the purpose of enabling its owner to heat rice water, calling out, $li chuk l Congeo for sale.
Other boats of China are the Chay-Teng, or sugar-cane boats.
Choy-2eng, or vegetable boats.
Cho- Yak- Terry, or pork boats.
Pa-Teng, or flower boats.
Kow-Tory, or cake boats.
Kong-Nya-Teng, or chinaware boats.
Mi-Teng, or rice boats.
Nyou-Yo•-7'eng, or meat boats.
Na-Choy-Teng, or green-pea boats. Sau-Kwo-Teng, or fruit boats, Tchi-7'eng, or firewood boats.
Tai-Tow-2'eng, or barbers' boats, which are the smallest of the lot.
I it- nag, or fish boats.
You-Teng, or oil boats.—Layard, Nineveh, ii. 97 ; Drew, The Northern Barriers; Ferrier's JOUrn. 429; ride, Embassy ; Marryat, hid. Arch. ; Bunsen's Egypt, v. 233-264 ; Mignan's Travels, 242; Postans' Pers. Misery. 124-7 ; Burton's Scinde, 296 ; Cunningham, Mist. of the Panjab, 19; Dr. Taylor; Hooker's Him. Jaunt. i. 392 ; Powell's Handbook; Wellsteds Travels, i. 16; Burton's Mecca, i. 2G2; John Edge, R. As. Soc. 1833 ; Crawford, Diet. ; St. John's Ind. Arch. ii. 183 ; Mr. R. Wallace, ii. 35 ; Mr. Netscher, in literis ; .Iourn. Lid. Arch. Nos. 6 to 12 ; Coures Palembang, 101; Kai. Rapport, 1831; Earl, Voyage of the Dourga, p. 89 ; Burnes' Travels; Captain Carless' Report ; Gray's China, 246.