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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 86

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oo ; which do not suit his kind of ar-ticles. This moveable shop consists inbamboo lattice-work, supported in themiddle by a stronger piece of wood, thebottom of which may be stuck into theground. To this frame are attached his^different sorts of merchandise, such ashandkerchiefs, pieces of cloth,… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 65 The elasticity of the bamboo must, ina certain degree, lighten the burthen.When the man is walking, the extremitiesof the bamboo bend and rise alternately;by which it is evident, that, part of theweight being raised up, the porter must,so far, be assisted, and which would…

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