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 - 398 стор. |
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... seemed covered with glit- tering gems . Numerous vessels , from all parts of the world , lay dotted around us , their dark hulls and tall masts looming large in the distance . The view was bounded on all sides by rugged and barren hills ...
... seemed covered with glit- tering gems . Numerous vessels , from all parts of the world , lay dotted around us , their dark hulls and tall masts looming large in the distance . The view was bounded on all sides by rugged and barren hills ...
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... seemed to think that imperfect drainage had something to do with it , and a hue and cry was set up to have the island properly drained . But the island is a chain of mountains ; there is very little flat ground anywhere upon it , and ...
... seemed to think that imperfect drainage had something to do with it , and a hue and cry was set up to have the island properly drained . But the island is a chain of mountains ; there is very little flat ground anywhere upon it , and ...
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... seemed the only one possible - certainly it was the easiest . But there were some very formidable objec- tions to this course . Suppose I had engaged Chinese agents for this purpose - and plenty would have Since this was written I have ...
... seemed the only one possible - certainly it was the easiest . But there were some very formidable objec- tions to this course . Suppose I had engaged Chinese agents for this purpose - and plenty would have Since this was written I have ...
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... seemed to be completely forgotten , except per- haps in their dreams , for I found them sound asleep . The other men were also sleeping heavily , and no one seemed to have harmed us during our slumbers . I now roused the whole of them ...
... seemed to be completely forgotten , except per- haps in their dreams , for I found them sound asleep . The other men were also sleeping heavily , and no one seemed to have harmed us during our slumbers . I now roused the whole of them ...
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... in view . This plan seemed feasible enough . When we reached the suburbs . of Hang - chow , therefore , not knowing the locality , I naturally supposed that we were at See - hoo , ~ 2 СНАР . ІІ . TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA .
... in view . This plan seemed feasible enough . When we reached the suburbs . of Hang - chow , therefore , not knowing the locality , I naturally supposed that we were at See - hoo , ~ 2 СНАР . ІІ . TEA DISTRICTS OF CHINA .
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amongst appearance arrived Azaleas bamboo banks beautiful black teas bloom boat boatmen Bohea mountains brought Buddhist canal Canton chair chair-bearers Chang-shan China Chinamen Chinese Chusan Chusan archipelago colour coolies cultivation dinner distance England English Fcap feet flowers Fokien Foo-chow foreigners formed garden green teas growing Hang-chow Hang-chow-foo hills Himalayas Hokow Hong-kong Hwuy-chow India island journey kind lake land leaves LORD luggage mandarin miles morning moutan Nan-che natives nearly night Ning-po observed onwards pass picul plantations Plates 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