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 91
iar knack to string them. Eventhe Emperor wears a ring of agate on the right thumb forthe string to press against in drawing the bow, which isthe weapon he uses every summer in hunting tigers andother wild beasts in the forests of Tartary. When thetroops are drawn out on parade-duty, not only the… … CJEHITA — PJLATJE 211, &H£Aji J.!,rit,4.1-1/ Jilumw. .Ilhmuirlr .Hirr) PLATE XXI. A CHINESE MENDICANT. Begging is by no means a profitable trade in China, and fewtherefore pursue it except the monks of Fo and Tao-tze,and a few impostors who go about pretending to foretellevents and predict good…
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