. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. manufactured, cotton the same, hemp ;timber of many sorts, rice, sugar, birds-nests, heche de mer, sharks-fins,sugar-candy, sandal wood, lead, tobacco, woollen cloths, hides, white lead,castor oil, dyes, drugs, and tortoise-shell. The city of Ningpo presents many attractions to a foreigner, as the prin-cipal streets are filled with shops which contain every imaginable article ofcommerce or curiosity. The embroideries of this city are superb, in bothcolor and design ; the texture and work
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. manufactured, cotton the same, hemp ;timber of many sorts, rice, sugar, birds-nests, heche de mer, sharks-fins,sugar-candy, sandal wood, lead, tobacco, woollen cloths, hides, white lead,castor oil, dyes, drugs, and tortoise-shell. The city of Ningpo presents many attractions to a foreigner, as the prin-cipal streets are filled with shops which contain every imaginable article ofcommerce or curiosity. The embroideries of this city are superb, in bothcolor and design ; the texture and work of the crape and silken shawls,scarfs, reticules, and aprons, can not be surpassed. In one street, called,in English, Furniture street, the shops are filled with articles of the inlaidfurniture before named—wardrobes, beds, tables, cabinets, presses, chairs,and couches — presenting perfectly complete delineations of Chinese habits,tastes, and recreations. The houses in Ningpo have generally two stories, the one raised abovethe other on pillars, each story having a separate tiled roof. All the good. House at Niugpu. 224 CHINA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. houses are within a small court, the latter paved with flag stones, and orna-mented with flower-beds, and tanks for gold-fish. The principal entranceto these abodes is threefold, namely, by a large folding door in the centre,and a smaller one on each side, at which hang two handsome lanterns, in-scribed with the name and titles of the master of the house. The doorswhich form a communication between different apartments, are of many fan-tastic shapes. There are no glass windows, and in the late war,when theEnglish took possession of Ningpo, there were no fireplaces; but the offi-cers supplied that deficiency in the houses where they established them-selves, and thus introduced a convenience into China, which will probablybecome general among a people who are by no means indifferent to theirpersonal comforts.
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