. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . EOY GOING TO SOITOOI, a wheel in front of the stall, and customers may buythe mans wares, or may stake the money and turn thewheel, which will decide whether they get twice asmuch for their money, or none at all. It is a sort ofChinese , double or quits : the only thing like it inthis country is the custom adopted in London by boys, EDUCATION. 143 who, in dealing with the street mutton-pieman, toss himwhether they shall have two pies, or none at all fortheir money. ^ . I suppose one of the greatest evils that cou
. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . EOY GOING TO SOITOOI, a wheel in front of the stall, and customers may buythe mans wares, or may stake the money and turn thewheel, which will decide whether they get twice asmuch for their money, or none at all. It is a sort ofChinese , double or quits : the only thing like it inthis country is the custom adopted in London by boys, EDUCATION. 143 who, in dealing with the street mutton-pieman, toss himwhether they shall have two pies, or none at all fortheir money. ^ . I suppose one of the greatest evils that could happeiato a boy is a love of gambling; for, whether one losesor wins, one is never satisiied. The desire is to playagain, either to win back what one has lost, or else towin more. The Chinese are very fond of gambling;and though there are edicts, against it, and the man-darins profess to prohibit it, there are some quartersof the cities where every house is either a gambling-house, or devoted to the manufacture of materials for. Chapter usements.
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