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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 133

An illustration from China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary, 1812, leaf 133
ingers. It is not uncommon in India, to see aquack with a long viper twisted roundhis neck without doing him the leastharm. The people, who see the reptileshake his pretended sting (that is, histongue) with great velocity, feel greatalarm at the sight, but there is not theleast danger. fi 4 92… … pi#3 ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 53 A THREAD-SPINNER, AND A MANTUA-MAKER. IlHis Plate requires little explanation.The thread-makers of China do notmerely spin, like ours, flax and hemp,but cotton. It should be observed, onthis subject, that, in India, where themanufacture of muslins and cottons hasbeen…

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