Cuar. V.] INHABITANTS AND SHOPS IN TINGHAE. 71 
ready-made clothes were to be had in any quantity. 
The tailors flocked from all quarters: a large pro- 
portion of the shops near the beach were occupied by 
them, and they doubtless reaped a rich harvest, al- 
though they made and sold every article of dress on 
the most reasonable terms. Then there were cu- 
riosity shops without number, containing josses or 
gods carved in bamboo or stone, incense burners, old 
bronzes, animals of strange forms which only exist 
in the brains of the Chinese, and countless specimens 
of porcelain and pictures. Silk shops, too, were not 
wanting, and here were to be had beautiful pieces of 
manufactured silk, much cheaper and better than 
could be purchased in Canton. The embroidery 
in these shops was of the most elaborate and 
beautiful description, which must be seen before it 
ean be appreciated; this the Chinese were making 
into articles, such as scarfs and aprons, for engin 
ladies. 
The shopkeepers in Tinghae supposed an En- 
glish name indispensable to the respectability of 
their shops and the success of their trade, and it 
was quite amusing to walk up the streets and read 
the different names which they had adopted under 
upon this is placed a kind of sieve, made of bamboo, and filled 
with bread or other articles to be cooked ; several of these 
sieves one above another have all their contents cooked at 
the same time, the steam rising through the lower to the 
upper ones. The sides of course fit nicely, and prevent the 
steam from escaping, and there is a close cover which fits on 
to the uppermost one. Our common brick oven is also in use 
here. 
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