. The Pacific tourist . m LIyE IN THE LANE The meaning is, Lee Tuck makes cages, andhis workshop is at No. or room 16, in the alleyor court, and it can be reached without climbinglong flights of rickety stairs, and this being hisdwelling also, he is at home at all times. Whether they are more successful in makingpoetry, the reader may determine, from the fol-lowing, which has been attributed to one oftheir scholars, but perhaps erroneously, viz : How doth the little husy bee,Delight to bark and bite,And gather honey all the day,And eat it up at night. It is even doubtful whether it has been de
. The Pacific tourist . m LIyE IN THE LANE The meaning is, Lee Tuck makes cages, andhis workshop is at No. or room 16, in the alleyor court, and it can be reached without climbinglong flights of rickety stairs, and this being hisdwelling also, he is at home at all times. Whether they are more successful in makingpoetry, the reader may determine, from the fol-lowing, which has been attributed to one oftheir scholars, but perhaps erroneously, viz : How doth the little husy bee,Delight to bark and bite,And gather honey all the day,And eat it up at night. It is even doubtful whether it has been de-rived in any way from Confucius, or any oftheir classics. Instances are told of their honesty to an extentthat is exceedingly rare among American Chris-tians, as of one who in purchasing a knife select-ed one at a dollar and a half, instead of one athalf a dollar, and received a dollar too much inchange, and discovered the error only after hereached his home. The next day he walked backthree miles to return the money !.
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