Two boats, abundantly furnished with torches and provided with boisterous music, preceded these two fiery masses.

Slowly did they float through the darkness of the night, appearing like the work of fairy hands.

Sometimes they stopped, when high flames, fed with holy perfumed paper, flickered upwards to the sky.
Perfumed paper, which must be bought from the priests, is burnt at every opportunity, and very frequently beforehand, after every prayer.

From the trade in this paper the greater portion of the priests' income is derived.
On several occasions, accompanied by Herr von Carlowitz, I took short walks in the streets near the factory.

I found the greater pleasure in examining the beautiful articles of Chinese manufacture, which I could here do at my leisure, as the shops were not so open as those I saw during my excursion round the walls of Canton, but had doors and windows like our own, so that I could walk in and be protected from the pressure of the crowd.