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), Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 146
tefully ornament-ed. The windows are made, either oflattice-work or shells, which in Chinasupply the place of glass. At the insideof the edge of the boat is a space of afoot and a half wide for the use of themariners; a mode of construction indi-cated by the very nature of things, andwhich is the… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 117 The Chinese boatmen make use of astrong large oar placed behind, to whichthey sometimes add two at the sides.Their motion is not like that of the oarsof our boats, but like the movement ofa fishs tail; a similar kind of oar is nowin common use on the Seine in France.The…
