218 ITS DIFFERENCE FROM THE LUK-CIIA. [Cuar. XI. 
duty of the younger branches of the family to keep 
the leaves in the pan in continual motion and pre- 
vent them from being burned. This is done by 
means of little hand-brushes made from the pro- 
lifie bamboo, the outer flinty part being split for 
this purpose. The tea prepared in this manner 
soon becomes of a dark colour, and is quite dif- 
‘ferent in appearance from the Zuk-cha. After it 
has been sufficiently dried, it has, of course, to 
undergo the other operations of sifting, picking, 
and dividing, before it is fit to be packed up for 
the foreign market. 
From hence it appears, that the black tea is 
rendered darker in colour, first by being longer 
exposed to the air in a soft and moist state; and 
secondly, by being subjected to a greater degree of 
fire-heat. With regard to the green teas, there 
ean be no doubt that those used by the Chinese 
themselves are of the genuine colour which they 
acquire in the drying; and that those “ blooming ” 
kinds, prepared to suit our depraved tastes, are, 
one and all, dyed. Moreover, in conclusion, I may 
repeat, what I have already proved, that the black 
and green teas of the north are produced from the 
same species, the Thea viridis, and that the true 
Canton teas are manufactured from the leaves of 
the Thea Bohea. It therefore follows that the black 
teas can be, and, in fact, are made from both 
species; and with regard to the green, as it is the 
result of a dye, the Chinese, I doubt not, could 
substitute for that colour either red or yellow, 
