The Long White Mountain : or, A journey in Manchuria; with some account of the history, people, administration and religion of that country . ess and accommodation of theirinns and inviting the cartmen to enter : in the inn-yard are tethered rows upon rows of beasts, so closelypacked there is scarcely room to pass between them,eating sweet millet-stalks and kaoliang, bought cheapfrom some road-side huckster, who has an under-ground dwelling, dug by himself for protection fromthe cutting wind. The beasts stand nearest the house;beyond them are the carts, so tightly ranged it seemsa mystery how
The Long White Mountain : or, A journey in Manchuria; with some account of the history, people, administration and religion of that country . ess and accommodation of theirinns and inviting the cartmen to enter : in the inn-yard are tethered rows upon rows of beasts, so closelypacked there is scarcely room to pass between them,eating sweet millet-stalks and kaoliang, bought cheapfrom some road-side huckster, who has an under-ground dwelling, dug by himself for protection fromthe cutting wind. The beasts stand nearest the house;beyond them are the carts, so tightly ranged it seemsa mystery how they are ever to be disentangled andharnessed again. And inside the inn sit groups of jolly cil-lX TO PA CHIA-TZD 373 carters on the kang, devouring with good appetitesbowls upon bowls of boiled millet or rice soup, stewedpork or mutton, ending with a glass or two of hotwine, and then, whilst they are putting the horses to,the supercargo takes just a single whiff of opium, toprepare him for going out again into the cold. Thewailers bustle to and fro, filling up the bowls andfetching t lie wines, full of zeal and importance. Along. A CORNER OP AN INN YARD. the road, troops of men and children stand ready,from two in the morning till dark, to collect thehorse-droppings that fall as the carts pass, and greatheaps are gathered, to be afterwards mixed with earthor peat for manure. It is a busy time indeed, andso determined are the Chinese not to idle, that young-sters who cannot get other employment are put tospend the day in the fields, dragging behind them longfan-shaped rakes made of springy pieces of cane or 374 THE LONG WHITE MOUNTAIN kaoliang rind, strung together with string and hookedat the end, which they trail over hill and dale, overplough and waste, collecting every dried blade of grass,every dead weed, every fallen leaf. The collected rub -bish is piled in heaps and taken home, to be used asfuel or manure. Now, too, that the roads are smoothand hard, sledges are b
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