Saturday. From Hong Kong to Macao.
On board the Kiu-Lieng, a white boat, beautiful and clean, for river navigation, took us to Macao on a foggy day.
On the boat with us were Mr. Jose Sainz de Veranda, ex-secretary of the General Government, chief of forests; Mr. Jose Maria Basa, some Portuguese, and Englishmen.
The city of Macao is small, low, and marshy. It is gloomy and is almost dead. We lodged in the house of Mr. Lecaros, a feudal mansion. This gentleman, a Filipino married to a Portuguese woman, cultivates plants and flowers among which many are from the Philippines. He received us very well. We visited the theater-casino. The following day we took a stroll through the city. We went to the church; we visited the grotto of Camoens, the botanical garden, the bazaar, etc., the pagodas. In the afternoon we saw the procession — an image of Jesus or Jesus Nazarene. Many men, dressed in blue and purple, carrying lighted candles, joined the procession A girl represented Veronica in the church. She was very pretty.
The following day we left on the same boat Kiu-Lieng.