excerpt change more text

Hello All –

I’m trying to list excerpts from a certain post category and modify the automatically generated link to the post (“Continue Reading ->’).

I’ve read through the same snippet and tried it so many times, which is something like:

function new_excerpt_more($more) {
       global $post;
	return '... <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">More...</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

But I can’t get it to work. It might have to do with the way I’m pulling the excerpts. The code I’m using follows:

<ul>
<?php // need to set link to posts page
global $post;
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 2, /*'offset'=> 1,*/ 'category' => 3 );
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $myposts as $post ) :	setup_postdata($post); ?>
	<li><h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3><?php the_excerpt();?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
 </ul>

Any help greatly appreciated!