. China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary. upon ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. SQ itf 1 recognised several pieces in whichi had myself been a performer, when1 was in a company of strollers. Iblushed and trembled for fear I might beknown; but happily no one, either of thehistrionic professors or of the guests, hadbeen the companion or spectator of myexercises in the profession. ^ The list returned, from hand tohand, to the principal guest, when itwas necessary that
. China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary. upon ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. SQ itf 1 recognised several pieces in whichi had myself been a performer, when1 was in a company of strollers. Iblushed and trembled for fear I might beknown; but happily no one, either of thehistrionic professors or of the guests, hadbeen the companion or spectator of myexercises in the profession. ^ The list returned, from hand tohand, to the principal guest, when itwas necessary that he should make achoice; he ran over the titles anew, andpointed with his finger to that which hethought best for the amusement of thecompany. The comedian bowed, and theperformance commenced shortly after-wards.* The Voyage from which the above istaken, has not yet made its appearancein print, but a fragment of it has beenpublished by Kotzebue, who says thatthe original, which he has got, written ind2 40 CHINAj ITS COSTUME, the Russian language, contains twenty-two books, each divided into ten ortwelve chapters. The foregoing quota-tion is extracted from Book VII. yi /rf^, //,.u ?////j // iL^ma 3T o fuA •/ M„- ta,! /„?// Star/alal/-. 41 Pnl/ MnJ/ 41 ITINERANT GARDENER, OR FLORIST. The Chinese are generally of a sedentarydisposition, and scarcely ever go out, asin Europe, merely for exercise, or tosee what js going forward in the city :the consequence is, that their shop-keepers never make large fortunes, andthe dealers in almost every article, arenecessitated to carry and cry their Avaresthrouoh the streets. The women whohear them, have them called in, and thusprocure what they want either for do-mestic use or for pleasure. The florists in China have not, likeour people, little carts or panniers drawnor carried hy horses or donkeys, to displaytheir commodities, but carry them overtheir shoulders, like rabbit-men, only with-the addition of two boards suspendedD
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