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(}.'> miles) i;i circumference,*' but that must be a random 

 >Late;;i i nt <!' the reverend LTentleman, because, it' we take 

 his eii.cr Maiement to be true, which ! believe, and have 

 from the Chinese themselves, that no planttitiun exceeds 

 :i few acres. Therefore, 1 o miles in circumference, or 

 say 4 :; miles in diameter of that, or about 1(5 square 

 miles or 1<)/J4<> square acres at the rate of :J!)0 Ibs. an 

 acre, would only produce -'5, <>7:J. </()( Ibs. of gou.l B:>he:i 

 for the consumption of all China and outside Barbarians 

 whereas, her exports alone is thirty times that, and I 

 should say the exports is but a small fraction of ln-r own 

 consumption as the Chinese will pay 7-V dollars for the 

 1-rst tea. However, there is no good tea produced below 

 '2~ ' X. hit., nor is there anv exported from north of ;><) 

 X. hit. And we see these latitudes arc traversed and 

 rctraversrd by immense mountains, as they extend to the 

 west to Thibet, across about ]* of longitude. 



It i> well known, too, that no tea is produced near 

 the coast in these latitudes, and that all teas have to be 

 carried to Shanirhaie, about l^H) miles. And further- 

 more, it may be pointed out, that there 1 are manv districts 

 in these loin* degrees of latitude, whore the tea grown is 

 of no fragrance or flavor. 



Tin- Chinese say,' 1 writes Bull, " that the tea detc- 

 riorat'-s in ijualit v, as the plantations diverge from that par- 

 ticular < liohi-.-i HilU) locality, till in some of the most re- 

 mote districts the leaves are thin and poor, and have no 

 fragrance or >\veetness in infusion, that no labor can 

 make them good.' 1 



The teas of the neighborhood of Canton, (Ilonan and 

 Waping), Mr. T. A. (jibbs, in his evidence before the 

 Parliamentary Committee, states, is such, that no process 



