. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. A Chinese Banquet. far as quantity goes; and on this occasion a repast was provided for the servants of the guests, the preparations for which were viewed with undisguised satisfaction by my retainers. The dinner started at i o'clock with two courses, but it was only a preliminary canter. An interval of two hours super- vened the while we watched the dan
. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. A Chinese Banquet. far as quantity goes; and on this occasion a repast was provided for the servants of the guests, the preparations for which were viewed with undisguised satisfaction by my retainers. The dinner started at i o'clock with two courses, but it was only a preliminary canter. An interval of two hours super- vened the while we watched the dancing, and I took photographs of the assembled guests. Then we resumed the repast, this time in earnest, the feast lasting till 6 o'clock. It was a trying ordeal,. GUESTS AT THE GOVERNORS DINNER IN YARKAND. course succeeding course, until I lost all count after twenty-five. There were shark's fins, bamboo shoots, and bamboo roots, pigeon's eggs preserved in chalk, lotus seeds, stag's tendons, liver of all kinds, and a host of weird and strange comestibles, that might well have appalled a stomach of iron. I suffered the whole programme even to tackling a sea slug with as many legs as a centipede. Each dish was served in small bowls, the guests 135. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Etherton, P. T. (Percy Thomas), b. 1879. London, Constable and Company, Ltd.
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