. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . TEA. 101 the tea is never shaken, or bruised, by being bumped onthe ground. Thanks to all these operations, and thanks to thecommercial spirit of our own countrymen, tea is broughtto our tables at a moderate cost. To dwell on its meritswould be superfluous; and we have only to consider fora moment how many hours of our lives are spent whilstpartaking of this fragrant beverage, to feel how largelyit enters into our social life. We are quite ready toagree with Tungpo, a Chinese author, in his estimate oftea: It is
. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . TEA. 101 the tea is never shaken, or bruised, by being bumped onthe ground. Thanks to all these operations, and thanks to thecommercial spirit of our own countrymen, tea is broughtto our tables at a moderate cost. To dwell on its meritswould be superfluous; and we have only to consider fora moment how many hours of our lives are spent whilstpartaking of this fragrant beverage, to feel how largelyit enters into our social life. We are quite ready toagree with Tungpo, a Chinese author, in his estimate oftea: It is an exceedingly useful plant; cultivate it,and the benefit will be widely spread; driuk it, and theanimal spirits wiU be lively and clear. The chief rulers,dukes, and nobility esteem it; the lower people, thepoor, and the beggarly will not be destitute of it; alluse it daily, and like it. I have been speaking of that article which we get soabundantly from, China; and let me now ask, what isthat which the Chinese obtain most largely from us ?It is opium, the curse of China. If,
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