43 o Voyage of the Novara. 



districts, relates that the customary charge for supper, bed, and 

 breakfast next morning altogether amounted to 80 cash only, 

 or about 3|r/. ! * In the streets of Shanghai, the eating-houses 

 are greatly out-numbered by the tea-houses, where one gets a 

 cup of tea for 6 cash {{d.). These, like our own caf^s, are laid 

 out with little tables, stools, and benches. As soon as a guest 

 enters and takes his seat, a Chinese attendant brings a cup, 

 throws into it the proper quantity of tea-leaves, and pours 

 boiling water upon it. After the lapse of a few minutes the 

 hot light yellow liquid is hastily swallowed, but avoiding the 

 leaves which are swimming on the surface, and usually serve 

 for a second or even a third infusion. These tea-houses are 

 crowded with visitors throughout the day, who sometimes 

 transact business here over a cup of tea and a pipe of oiled 

 tobacco, sometimes resort hither to wile the time listlessly 

 away. 



The chief place of amusement, however, of the native popu- 

 lation of Shanghai is the Tea-Garden (Tschin-Huang-Mian), 

 or temple of the Emperor, which contains numerous gardens 

 laid out in Chinese fashion, and booths of all sorts, besides the 

 attractions of jugglers, singers, actors, soothsayers, musicians, 

 and mountebanks, all driving their respective avocations. The 

 whole scene is eminently characteristic of the grotesqueness 



* The price of each meal is as follows : — 

 1 bowl of rice, 



1 „ vegetables, ... 



1 cup of tea, 



Breakfast, consisting usually of rice, vegetables, and tea, 



Bed, fire, and attendance, 



