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CHAP. VIII. 



MANIPULATION OF PEKOE, CAPER, NAO-CSEE, AND LONG-CSIN 



TEAS THE SCENTING OF TEA BOUEA TEA ORIGINALLY 



BROUGHT FROM THE TEA COUNTRY UNMANIPULATED 



ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE IT MANIPULATED SIZE OF CHESTS 



FOUND TOO LARGE FOR INLAND CARRIAGE BROUGHT BY 



SEA — ALSO LARGE QUANTITIES OF CONGOU JEALOUSY OF 



CHINESE GOVERNMENT AT THIS INNOVATION IMPERIAL EDICT 



PROHIBITING THE SHIPMENT BY SEA FROM THE PORT OF 



FOO-CHEW-FOO IMPORTANCE OF THIS PORT DOUBTS 



REGARDING THE PORT EXAMINED AND ANSWERED MODE 



OF ROASTING AND DRYING BOHEA TEA AT CANTON BRICK- 

 TEA ITS FORM AND MANIPULATION ITS EXTENSIVE USE 



IN MONGOLIA — -DESCRIPTION OF A FETE AT OURGA — CARAVANS 

 OF THIS TEA FREQUENTLY FALLEN IN WITH BY TRAVELLERS 



EMPLOYED AS A CIRCULATING MEDIUM AS MONEY AT 



HORSE RACES, FEATS OF STRENGTH, AND ARCHERY ES- 

 TABLISHMENTS OF TEA HOUSES ACROSS THE DESERT OF GOBI 

 FREQUENT EXTENSIVE USE IN TIBET MODE OF PREPARA- 

 TION FOR USE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL ASIA MIXED WITH 



BUTTER AND FLOUR, AND CHURNED CAPT. TURNER S 



OPINION OF IT — MR. MANNING'S OPINION TEAPOTS EM- 

 PLOYED HIGHLY ORNAMENTED TEA OF BISAHAR. 



The Pekoe tea consists of the unexpanded terminal 

 leaf-bud, in which state the convoluted part is 

 covered with a white hair or down, whence its 

 name, Pe-hao (white hair), Pac-ho, or Pekoe, as 

 corrupted by us, is derived. The white hairy ap- 

 pearance of the leaves found in this tea is termed 

 flower by the dealers in England ; which term, as 



