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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 43
children. No agriculturists, perhaps, understand the valueof manure better than the Chinese, and certainly none areso well skilled in the economical distribution of it. It isquite ridiculous to see the avidity with which young chil-dren follow a traveller on horseback for the chance ofcatching what… … CMIKA — JPJLATF. ©. fnh.l.,,,:, ttij.h,.!\lurr,iiu.11hrm.irie Strert PLATE IX. A WATCHMAN. The police is so well regulated in all the large cities ofChina, that disturbances rarely, if ever, happen during thenight. The watch is set at nine, and continues till five inthe morning. A gate is placed at…Clothing and dress
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