City walls are in a 
bad state of repair ; 
the people generally 
are poor, and the 
district does not 
seem to have fully 
recovered from the 
ravages of the Tai 
Ping rebels of sixty 
and more years ago, 
The city itself with- 
stood a long siege, 
though the country 
around was laid in 
waste. 
From Kimun we 
made a tour of the 
principal — districts, 
the most noted 
being Likow, Chen 
Shang, Poncheng, 
fr om whence comes 
TEA GUILD, KIMUN CITY 
the noted “‘Sien Gar” Chop and Kow Tang. We were altogether 
eight days on this inspection. What we saw was a sad revela- 
tion—tea in China is indigenous, it is a hardy plant and grows 
FACTORY AT LIKOW 
