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By C. W. DALE, F.E.S. 



( Read June Sth, 1900.) 



LL of the old china you see has belonged to my 

 family for a great many years. The old 

 Chelsea is very valuable. One piece illus- 

 trates the method in which tithes used to be 

 paid the farmer with the tenth of the pigs 

 and eggs, his wife with the tenth child. It 

 belonged to my great great aunt, who was a 

 tenth child. The Chelsea cock is also 

 valuable ; the hen had its head broken 

 off. Our grandmother placed no value on them, and gave 

 them to myself and brother to play with and roll about the 

 floor. The tall Japanese vase belonged to Captain Dale's 

 brother, and on his death at sea was delivered up to Captain 

 Dale by his landlady. The Japanese tray and urn are enamelled 

 on copper. There are also some China saucers, with the three, 

 four, and five-claw dragons upon them. The barber's basin, 

 with the hole to fit the chin, is also curious. There are also some 



