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baskets, but generally in tubs, and sent to Canton, 

 where it undergoes a similar process of roasting. 

 Yfhen brought in tubs it is sifted, assorted, and 

 started into a pile, from which it is loosely repacked 

 into bamboo " barrel-shaped baskets " slightly put 

 together, and of somewhat open work, for the better 

 admission and circulation of heated air ; but the 

 inside is well lined with soft paper to prevent loss 

 of tea. 



M.JACKS3MS-- 



The houses constructed at Canton for this pur- 

 pose consist of brick buildings divided into as many 

 chambers as may be required, all on the ground 

 floor. Each chamber has a door in front with a 

 small opening at the bottom, to which is fitted a 

 slide which opens and shuts at pleasure. This 

 small aperture is for the purpose of admitting a 



