Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... obtain a Settlement at Macao . - Treatment of Schedel the Dutch Merchant.- Dutch Embassies . - Russian Embassies . - The Ceremony of the Ko- tou performed . - British Embassy under Lord Macartney . - Another Dutch Embassy . - The Ko ...
... obtain a Settlement at Macao . - Treatment of Schedel the Dutch Merchant.- Dutch Embassies . - Russian Embassies . - The Ceremony of the Ko- tou performed . - British Embassy under Lord Macartney . - Another Dutch Embassy . - The Ko ...
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... obtained . - Presents . - Marriage Procession . - Ornamented Chair for the Bride . - Band of Music . - Red - robed Musicians . - Train of hired Attendants . - Stores . - Furniture . - Arrival . - Music and Songs . -Delicacies . — Wine ...
... obtained . - Presents . - Marriage Procession . - Ornamented Chair for the Bride . - Band of Music . - Red - robed Musicians . - Train of hired Attendants . - Stores . - Furniture . - Arrival . - Music and Songs . -Delicacies . — Wine ...
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... its attraction . Two or three centuries have now passed since the Portu- guese obtained permission to build the place , for the services rendered by them to China , in clearing MACAO . 21 the Chinese waters of a desperate gang.
... its attraction . Two or three centuries have now passed since the Portu- guese obtained permission to build the place , for the services rendered by them to China , in clearing MACAO . 21 the Chinese waters of a desperate gang.
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... obtaining Opium . A great number of people are occupied , when the petals begin to fall , in wounding the unripe ... obtained , is sold to poorer people , and sometimes it is made up with tobacco into cheroots . Having told you what ...
... obtaining Opium . A great number of people are occupied , when the petals begin to fall , in wounding the unripe ... obtained , is sold to poorer people , and sometimes it is made up with tobacco into cheroots . Having told you what ...
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... obtained , and that the forts were destroyed . In about two months after the capture of Amoy , Chusan , Chinhae , and Ningpo , were taken , and in the spring of the following year the British , after defeating the Chinese troops ...
... obtained , and that the forts were destroyed . In about two months after the capture of Amoy , Chusan , Chinhae , and Ningpo , were taken , and in the spring of the following year the British , after defeating the Chinese troops ...
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