The transport of letters and gold is carried on by an express postal service; and the auriferous riches of the district attract a considerable influx of visitors.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
The land thereabouts is of a reddish hue and of a particularly auriferous quality.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Some there are who, having chanced upon an unusually auriferous spot, make fortunes rapidly; but those of whom we hear nothing are the unlucky thousands, who, having abandoned their homes and families in the hope of gain, arrive too late, and find only those lands which have been exhausted by others.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot