Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 104
ake their eyes and hearts to make into hismedicines. This belief is so deeply rooted, that when thecry of Foreigner ! is raised, in almost any city, thewomen will run into the streets, snatch up their children,and carry them for safety into their homes ; and the cryraised is always Foreign devil!… … THE GATE OF A FORBIDDEN CITY. SILK REELING. HANGCHOW is the city of silk, awealthy and generally well-to-do city.Everything speaks to the visitor ofsilk. The country is covered by themulberry tree, which grows in everyavailable spot. There are thousands ofhand-looms. In the picture given, thesilk…
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