A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . regard life in saw the famous water-clock among other things; beforethe present day of clocks, this was the time-keeper for thecity; there is a huge cask full of water, and a spigot fixedto it, through which a drop of water falls every bucket into which it falls has a float in it, inscribedwith Chinese characters, and this indicates the time of day;at each hour, an enormous board, on which is written, inChinese, the time, is hung out on the tower so that all thepeople may see it. We were there at twelve oclock, justas they were changi
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . regard life in saw the famous water-clock among other things; beforethe present day of clocks, this was the time-keeper for thecity; there is a huge cask full of water, and a spigot fixedto it, through which a drop of water falls every bucket into which it falls has a float in it, inscribedwith Chinese characters, and this indicates the time of day;at each hour, an enormous board, on which is written, inChinese, the time, is hung out on the tower so that all thepeople may see it. We were there at twelve oclock, justas they were changing this sign; we felt as if we were backin the middle ages. The only disagreeable thing was thenumerous unpleasant odors we encountered, but, taken asa whole, the Chinese in Canton are really very clean; mostof them have clean faces and bright eyes. The fruit andvegetables in the shops were washed clean, and we sawpans and pans of little slabs of rice cake. It is an explodedtheory that the Chinese eat rice onlv. Thev have all sorts 147.
Size: 1233px × 2027px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidglimpseofisl, bookyear1907
