A Journey to the Tea Countries of China: Including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hills; with a Short Notice of the East India Company's Tea Plantations in the Himalaya MountainsJ. Murray, 1852 - 430 стор. |
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... Canal to the capital itself . Others , again , running to the west and south - west , form the highways to the Tartar city of Chapoo , Hang - chow - foo , and to numerous other cities and towns , which are studded over this large and ...
... Canal to the capital itself . Others , again , running to the west and south - west , form the highways to the Tartar city of Chapoo , Hang - chow - foo , and to numerous other cities and towns , which are studded over this large and ...
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... canal abreast of the city , and are apparently used as dwelling - houses by the natives ; some , however , are half sunk in the water , and appear entirely abandoned . Junks of the same description as these are seen abreast of all the ...
... canal abreast of the city , and are apparently used as dwelling - houses by the natives ; some , however , are half sunk in the water , and appear entirely abandoned . Junks of the same description as these are seen abreast of all the ...
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... tub , had something very ludicrous about it . After we had passed the lake , the banks of the canal , and indeed the greater part of the country , were covered with mulberry trees . Silk is evidently the CHAP . II . 27 GATHERING LING .
... tub , had something very ludicrous about it . After we had passed the lake , the banks of the canal , and indeed the greater part of the country , were covered with mulberry trees . Silk is evidently the CHAP . II . 27 GATHERING LING .
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... canal on which we were now sailing . Tan - see is a bustling town of considerable size , a few miles to the north - east of Hang - chow - foo . The ap- pearance of the flat country here was rich and beau- tiful . Still the mulberry was ...
... canal on which we were now sailing . Tan - see is a bustling town of considerable size , a few miles to the north - east of Hang - chow - foo . The ap- pearance of the flat country here was rich and beau- tiful . Still the mulberry was ...
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... canal , with its numerous branches , not only waters it , but also affords the means of travelling through it , and of conveying the productions for which it is famous to other districts . The hills in the background , the beautiful bay ...
... canal , with its numerous branches , not only waters it , but also affords the means of travelling through it , and of conveying the productions for which it is famous to other districts . The hills in the background , the beautiful bay ...
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amongst appearance arrived Azaleas bamboo beautiful black teas bloom boat boatmen Bohea mountains brought Buddhist canal Canton chair chair-bearers Chang-shan China Chinaman Chinese Chusan Chusan archipelago colour coolies cultivation distance DISTRICTS OF CHINA England English Fcap Feap feet flowers Fokien Foo-chow foreigners formed garden green teas growing Hang-chow Hang-chow-foo hills Himalayas Hokow Hong-kong Hwuy-chow India journey kind lake land leaves luggage mandarin miles morning moutan Nan-che natives nearly night Ning-po observed onwards pass picul plantations Portrait Post 8vo Poyang lake priests procured province Prussian blue quantity rain rice river road rocks scenery Second Edition seeds seemed seen servants Shanghae shrubs side Sing-Hoo soil soon species specimens stream Sunderbunds taels TEA DISTRICT tea-plants tea-seeds tea-shrub temple Third Edition town travellers trees Tsong-gan-hien valley vegetable Vols walked Wang Woo-e-shan Woodcuts young plants Yuk-shan
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Сторінка 276 - For Green Tea. — When the leaves are brought in from the plantations they are spread out thinly on flat bamboo trays, in order to dry off any superfluous moisture. They remain for a very short time exposed in this manner, generally from one to two hours ; this, however, depends much upon the state of the weather. In the mean time the roasting-pans have been heated with a brisk wood-fire.
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Сторінка 271 - Tea is of a cooling nature, and, if drunk too freely, will produce exhaustion and lassitude. Country people, before drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant.
Сторінка 277 - Several men take their stations at the rolling table and divide the leaves amongst them. Each takes as many as he can press with his hands, and makes them up in the form of a ball. This is rolled upon the rattan table, worked and greatly compressed, the object being to get rid of a portion of the sap and moisture, and at the same time to twist the leaves.