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by the most celebrated artists of the principal inland cities, including 
the capital. They représent in the first place all those scenes which 
are characteristic of Chinese life in its detail, including a series show- 
ing every process of the tea manufacture, from the planting to the 
packing up. There are large and handsome views of Macao, Bocca 
Tigris, Whampoa, Canton, and Honan, with its remarkable temples, 
&c. The portraits will astonish those who have seen only the paltry 
daubs usually brought as specimens of the art in China. There is 
one of the high priest of the Honan temple, and others of distinguish- 
ed men well known in Canton, worked with the minuteness of minia- 
ture painting. This department comprises also a variety of paintings 
on glass, an art much practiced by the natives; pictures of all the 
boats peculiar to the country ; of rooms, their domestic arrangements; 
of all the costumes of people of rank; the furniture, lanterns, and, in 
short, of every variety of Chinese life, from the most degraded class 
to the emperor. The flowers embroidered on aims &c., will attract 
the eye of female visitors.» 
A Chinese room.—At the east end, faced by a ‘nivy superb: se6¥0 
brought from China, is aChinese room. The alcove itself consists of 
wooddeeply carved out of solid blocks; the carving represents figures 
of men, animals, birds, flowers, &c. The cutting penetrates through 
the whole of each piece, and forms a net work, the front being painted 
and gilt in the Asiatic taste, with the rich colors for which the nation 
is so celebrated. The screen is a fac-simile of those put up in the 
houses of the wealthy, to form an ante-room in their large establish- 
ments. This vestibule will be decorated with furniture, such as chairs, 
tables, stands, stools, vases, maxims, scrolls, &c., and in every re- 
spect will represent a room as actually occupied by the rich. This 
screen work extends over —— of the cases the entire length of the 
north side of the room, and its effect, as seen by the writer, is ex- 
tremelg ae sominding him of the representations made in old 
illumina scripts, before the invention of. printing in Europe. 
The colors, eRe blue, crimson, scarlet, &c., are those employed 
by the illuminators, and lead one to believe that stats imitated the 
Chinese. 
Furniture, books, &c. ties addition to the furniture contained in 
this beautiful pavilion, there will be also distributed in the saloon a 
variety of Chinese domestic articles and utensils. ‘Two dark colored 
and extremely rich bookcases, which might serve to ornament any 
library, will display copious specimens of the books of the Chinese, 
in their peculiar and .safe binding, so rarely seen in this country. 
Specimens of their blocks or stereotyped wood are also in the collec- 
