Wecrossed the main river in a boat, and thenpulled up a canal for a short distance, whichled through a densely populated suburb. Herewe soon found ourselves abreast of a numberof large tea-hongs, which, our guide informedus, were those to which we were bound. Thesehongs were large and spacious… … TEA-PICKER, CANTON. On entering one of these hongs, or factories,the first thing to which we directed our attentionwas the tea which was to be made into Caper.I have already stated that this description oftea is produced near a place called Tai-shan, inthe Canton province, a few miles inland…
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