. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. ic. CHAPTER XV. CHINESE INTERPRETERS—A STREET OF SHOPS—AMYTH WITH A MEANING—AN INTERVIEW WITH AVICEROY — OFFICIAL APATHY IN CHINA — THEGREATEST NEEDS OF CHINA—THE YAMEN INTIME OF REBELLION. ISITING cards four and a halfinches wide by nine and a halflong are proper for a big bug in China. I had a die cut inShanghai, and two hundred ofthe above size (!) printed blackon blood red. My large redMandarins card was despatchedto the Yamen by a highly-polished Chinaman in the employ of the Bri
. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. ic. CHAPTER XV. CHINESE INTERPRETERS—A STREET OF SHOPS—AMYTH WITH A MEANING—AN INTERVIEW WITH AVICEROY — OFFICIAL APATHY IN CHINA — THEGREATEST NEEDS OF CHINA—THE YAMEN INTIME OF REBELLION. ISITING cards four and a halfinches wide by nine and a halflong are proper for a big bug in China. I had a die cut inShanghai, and two hundred ofthe above size (!) printed blackon blood red. My large redMandarins card was despatchedto the Yamen by a highly-polished Chinaman in the employ of the BritishConsul at Tengyueh, and I asked the ActingViceroy to appoint a time for an interview. Hereplied he would receive me at one I borroweda Mandarins chair from the discreet official in chargeof Foreign Affairs in the city, and, at ten to one, setout in proper (tom-fool) style. Four men carriedthe chair and four men supported the poles at one man had to bear about thirty pounds as hisshare of the chair and occupant, the whole weighingtwo hundred and forty pounds. With so many men.
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