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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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A CLUSTER OF CHINESE HAW FRUITS 



Every American boy who has lived where hawthorns grow knows that the fruits in this 

 photograph are nearly, if not twice, as large as most of the American haws. They have the 

 flavor of the wild haw, but are not so mealy in texture, and one becomes very fond of them 

 as a fruit to eat from the tree, just as one does the crab-apple. Nobody in this country or 

 in Europe has set out an orchard of haws. In China, on the other hand, the haw is a culti- 

 vated fruit; it is grown just as our apples are grown, on grafted trees. It is of a beautiful 

 red and orange color, has a flavor characteristic of the haws, and when dipped in melted 

 sugar or when made into jelly it is delicious. 



pcrature while going from one house to 

 another — it was about 20 outside — com- 

 bined to produce an effect upon my consti- 

 tution which made me feel far from well 

 for a couple of days. 



"While in search of more seedless per- 

 simmon orchards, we happened to strike 

 a bleak region, and having eaten very- 

 little at breakfast, I got hungry at eleven 

 o'clock. The first village we struck 

 couldn't accommodate us, but the villagers 

 said, 'One mile from here is a nice place 

 to get food and tea.' 



"We proceeded only to find out it was 

 an absolute falsehood. These natives in 

 turn said, 'About one and a half miles 



farther on you will find an inn.' And 

 again when reaching that spot there was 

 nothing to be found. The natives kept 

 that game up until at last, at three o'clock 

 in the afternoon, I came to a place where 

 I could stretch out my cold, weary limbs 

 on a brick bedstead with at least a nice 

 fire underneath. 



"I closed my doors rather hard, for I 

 was disgusted and angry at this lying; 

 but after having had a pretty substantial 

 meal, I began to feel better and to think 

 that the natives probably had deceived us 

 to prevent our becoming discouraged at 

 the thought of the long journey which 

 was before us." 



