. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . Chapter yii. the cup that chekrs, and thedrug that debases. HE cultivation and prepa-ration of the tea-plantafford employment for agreat number of personsof both sexes, which factwill become more ap-parent when we are toldthat the yearly consump-tion of tea by the Chineseexceedathousandmillionsof pounds. The consumption in England last yearexceeded one hundred and twenty-three millions ofpounds; and perhaps almost half that quantity was con-sumed on the Continent. Eor some interesting particu-lars concerning the
. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . Chapter yii. the cup that chekrs, and thedrug that debases. HE cultivation and prepa-ration of the tea-plantafford employment for agreat number of personsof both sexes, which factwill become more ap-parent when we are toldthat the yearly consump-tion of tea by the Chineseexceedathousandmillionsof pounds. The consumption in England last yearexceeded one hundred and twenty-three millions ofpounds; and perhaps almost half that quantity was con-sumed on the Continent. Eor some interesting particu-lars concerning the preparation of tea for the market,
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