TEA PLANTING 



IN THE 



OUTER HIMALAYAH. 



: Tsedet me vitae." Cic. 

 'Tea'-dat mihi vitam." DR. JOHNSON'S reading of Cicero. 



" But Venus, goddess of the eternal smile, 



Knowing that stormy brows but ill become 

 Fair patterns of her beauty, hath ordain'd 

 Celestial tea a fountain that can cure 

 The ills of passion, and can free from frowns, 

 And sobs, and sighs, the disappointed fair. 



To her, ye fair in adoration bow ; 

 Whether at blushing morn, or dewy eve, 

 Her smoking cordials greet your fragrant board 

 With Hyson, or Bohea, or Congou crown'd 

 At midnight skies, ye mantua-makers ! hail 

 The sacred offering." FERGUSSON. 



LONDON: 



SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. 



M.DCCC.LXI. 



