everywhere clothed by green grass or low bushes, Hong Kong island from the seaside presents a picture of utter lack of human habitation, not a house or building or cleared space of ground being in evidence on the south side. This only when the steamer has rounded the west end that the city clustering to the steep hillside is visible + opposite it Hong Kong with its marves & large building of several stories. The D.Treets docked at Kaulon alongside 2 large steath steamers with their many flags & port painted in great letters on their sides