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The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French (1800)

Mason, George Henry, author, Miller, William, 1769-1844, bookseller, Gosnell, Samuel, printer, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China, Mason, George Henry. Costume of China. French, Dadley, J., engraver, Pu-Qúa, illustrator · leaf 75

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PLATE XV. AN ARROW-MAKER. The staff of the Chinese arrow is, generally, of fir, sometimes of reed, andvery neatly made, yet not so highly ornamented as those of the natives ofHindostan. These arrows are armed with a sharp head of iron of a rhombicform, and are thrown with great accuracy from a bow…

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