. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. arge quantities forexportation; and it is stated by the Chinese that more than five hundredfurnaces, or baking-houses, are in constant requisition and full statement is undoubtedly an exaggeration, though there are beyondquestion more than three hundred ovens that are kept fully occupied ; someof this chinaware is remarkable for the brilliant beauty of its green coloring;but the principal exports consist of earthenware of a coarse description. Abrisk trade is carried on wi
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. arge quantities forexportation; and it is stated by the Chinese that more than five hundredfurnaces, or baking-houses, are in constant requisition and full statement is undoubtedly an exaggeration, though there are beyondquestion more than three hundred ovens that are kept fully occupied ; someof this chinaware is remarkable for the brilliant beauty of its green coloring;but the principal exports consist of earthenware of a coarse description. Abrisk trade is carried on with the neighboring province of Keang-sy innative produce. Medicinal herbs and drugs are imported from Tien-singand Shan-tong, while furs are brought from Shansi for home use. Foo-chow-foo is as renowned for its manufactory of blue cotton, as it iscelebrated for the manufacture of chinaware; the blue cotton which is dyedhere is famous all over China for its beauty of color and durability of inhabitants are wealthy as a body, and foreign manufactures might be iiiiifiiiinii 11I IP )iy:f !il!l. THE CONSULAR PORTS. 221 introduced among them with great success. Many of the native mercantilefirms issue promissory notes for sums varying from five hundred cash, orabout fifty cents of our currency, to one thousand dollars; these notes bearthe name of the firm which issues them, with the date; and the party whoreceives or pays away these notes places his name under that of the originalissuer. When these notes are new, they have a very gay and brilliantappearance, with their bright colors of red and blue relieved with black;but after they have been in circulation a very short time, all their pristinebeauty vanishes, and they have, if not a national odor, certainly not avery agreeable one. A trifling charge is made by the firms who issue thesepromissory notes; and, as bankruptcy rarely happens, this paper currency ishighly valued, being more convenient to transport or transmit t
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