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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... its natural productions , whether in the field , on the hill- side , or in the garden , and its strange and interesting people , as they were seen by me in their every - day life . As I hope my readers will accompany me vi PREFACE .
... its natural productions , whether in the field , on the hill- side , or in the garden , and its strange and interesting people , as they were seen by me in their every - day life . As I hope my readers will accompany me vi PREFACE .
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... session and under the fostering care of Mr. Braine : - This garden is situated on the sloping sides of a valley near the bottom of one of the numerous ravines which are seen on the sides of the Hong - CHAP . I. 5 MORTALITY AT HONG - KONG .
... session and under the fostering care of Mr. Braine : - This garden is situated on the sloping sides of a valley near the bottom of one of the numerous ravines which are seen on the sides of the Hong - CHAP . I. 5 MORTALITY AT HONG - KONG .
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... seen on the sides of the Hong - kong hills . It is near the centre of the new town of Victoria , and is one of its greatest ornaments . On one side nothing is seen but rugged mountains and barren hills , but here the eye rests upon a ...
... seen on the sides of the Hong - kong hills . It is near the centre of the new town of Victoria , and is one of its greatest ornaments . On one side nothing is seen but rugged mountains and barren hills , but here the eye rests upon a ...
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... seen it in Gibraltar , Malta , Egypt , Aden , Ceylon , the Straits , and in the south and north of China , at least as far north as the 31st degree of north latitude . Amongst other plants worthy of notice in this part of the garden are ...
... seen it in Gibraltar , Malta , Egypt , Aden , Ceylon , the Straits , and in the south and north of China , at least as far north as the 31st degree of north latitude . Amongst other plants worthy of notice in this part of the garden are ...
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... seen in the Fa - tee gardens at Canton ; many of the pots are prettily painted in the Chinese style , and placed upon porcelain stands . When it is remembered that six years before Hong- kong was but a barren island , with only a few ...
... seen in the Fa - tee gardens at Canton ; many of the pots are prettily painted in the Chinese style , and placed upon porcelain stands . When it is remembered that six years before Hong- kong was but a barren island , with only a few ...
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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