Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 122
olours.People who are not rich enough to haveone of their own can hire them for theoccasion. In China large families arethe rule. If a mother dies, the womenof the village suckle and bring up thechild between them, and children arenot weaned until they are from three tofive years of age. Chinese… … THE MARRIAGE CHAIR. MODE OF CARRYINGCASH AND BABIES, In travelling, the carriage of money isa great annoyance, owing to the small-ness of its value and the large numberof coins or cash necessary to makeup an amount of any size. Exchang-ing eighteen shillings English for brasscash, the weight of…
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