AN ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE 



OF 



TEA 



IN CHINA: 



DERIVED FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION 



DURING AN OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN THAT COUNTRY FROM 1804 TO 1826 ; 

 And illustrated by the best Authorities, Chinese as well as European : 



WITH 



REMARKS ON THE EXPERIMENTS NOW MAKING 



TOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CULTURE OF THE TEA TREE IN 



OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 



BY 



SAMUEL BALL, ESQ. 



LATE INSPECTOR OF TEAS TO THE HON. UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY 



IN CHINA. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



FATERMOSTER-ROW. 



1848. 



