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Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Chinese. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions (1814)

Alexander, William, 1767-1816 · London, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer · leaf 147

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ntaining opium, areca nut, orsome other masticatory. The tube of the pipe is generallymade of bamboo, and the cap or bowl of the metal calledtutanague or porcelain. The shape and structure of thismachine are strongly marked with originality, being unlikethose in use among any other people ; but the… … -PIuATF, 35. rub. Jan 1814.111 JMurnuy . IfbemttHe Street PLATE XXXV. A WATERMAN IN HIS BARGE. Some millions of Chinese live entirely on the water, inboats and barges of various kinds, some occupied in car-rying articles of provisions and merchandize, others inconveying passengers, some in feeding…

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