Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 145
ry-book. The Chinese towns swarm with hawkers of all sorts, andamong the most numerous are the flower-sellers. They carrytheir flowers about in two flat baskets, suspended like a pairof scales from the two ends of a bamb oo. The flowers com-mon to China are, many of them, now common with us. The… … of gold on account of its beauty, and of the enormous pricegiven for it by the curious. The Chinese, as I have said, eat cats and dogs. They alsoeat snakes and vipers: the former for food, the latter forphysic. The Chinese are very dexterous in catching theseanimals, and they will also play various…
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