LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



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1. Method of making "Caper" Tea Frontispiece. 



2. Boats used on the rivers in China 22 



3. Ladies and Children on a Pilgrimage to Ayuka's Temple . . 25 



4. Eemarkable Tree 65 



5. Curious pilgrim-shaped Bottle, enamelled with butterflies 79 



6. Porcelain Vase enamelled with figures of animals and plants 81 



7. Vase of sea-green crackle , . 84 



8. Oviform Bottle of rare turquoise colour 85 



9. Gourd-shaped Bottle of yellowish stone -colour crackle .. 85 



10. Ancient porcelain vessel 87 



11. Ancient Vase enamelled on metal 88 



12. Bottle, same as found in Egyptian tombs 92 



13. Rain Cloak — Hemp palm 145 



14. Wax Tree 147 



15. Tea-Picker— Canton 207 



16. Foo-chow Countrywoman ,. 249 



17. Ancient porcelain Seals 254 



18. Larch Tree .. .. 274 



19. View on the Grand Canal, with mulberry trees on its banks 339 



20. Mulberry Tree 345 



21. Mulberry Tree 347 



22. Curious method of Fishing 375 



