China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . xxiii.] BEAX-CURDS—PEAS—PEA-NUTS. 137 sealed, and placed iu the pantry. At the expiration of a monthit is opened, and the contents are always agreeable to the Chinesepalate. The most singular use, however, to •which Leans are putis yet to he recorded. Great quantities of them are purchasedhy a class called Nga-Tsoi, who subject them to the followingtreatment in the large establishments in which they carry ontheir occupation. The beans are dex^osited in coarse earthen-ware jars, which are filled with very clear spring water. Ina
China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . xxiii.] BEAX-CURDS—PEAS—PEA-NUTS. 137 sealed, and placed iu the pantry. At the expiration of a monthit is opened, and the contents are always agreeable to the Chinesepalate. The most singular use, however, to •which Leans are putis yet to he recorded. Great quantities of them are purchasedhy a class called Nga-Tsoi, who subject them to the followingtreatment in the large establishments in which they carry ontheir occupation. The beans are dex^osited in coarse earthen-ware jars, which are filled with very clear spring water. Ina few hours the water is drawn off by the removal of plugs; andthis process is repeated six times in the twenty-four the end of seven days the beans are inspected, and each isfound to have produced a tender shoot. The beans with theshoots are then sold in the vegetable markets as great is an establishment of this kind at the gate of the oldSam-kai Miu, a temple in the Avestern suburb of Canton. Thereare two wells in this establishm
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