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 151
some convenient place, one ofthose noisy instruments well known in this country by thename of gong, which is used to regulate the motions ofthe trackers, and to give notice to other vessels of theapproach and. intentions of the one that beats the signal.Where a large fleet is about to come to… … ilfA —1PJLATE 36. htb Jdfi iJijf.bv J.Humm ^ilkmurit Sura. PLATE XXXVI. A TRADESMAN WITH HIS SWAN-PAN. The Chinese merchants and tradesmen are most expert andready reckoners ; but they perform all arithmetical opera-tions mechanically,, by means of a table divided into twocompartments, through…
Clothing and dress
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