CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTEE XV. 



Some advice to the reader — Botany of the black-tea country — 

 Geological features — Soil — Sites of tea-farms — Temperature — 

 Kainy season — Cultivation and management of tea-plantations — 

 Size of farms — Mode of packing — Chop names — Koute from 

 the tea-country to the coast — Method of transport — Distances 

 — Time occupied — Original cost of tea in the tea-country — 

 Expenses of carriage to the coast — Sums paid by the foreign 

 merchant — Profits of the Chinese — Prospect of good tea becoming 

 cheaper — Tiing-po's directions for making tea — His opinion on 

 its properties and uses Page 253 



CHAPTEE XVI. 



Geography of the tea-shrub — Best tea districts of China — Names of 

 tea-plants — Black and green tea made from the same variety — My 

 Chinamen asked to make tea from Pongamia glair a — They succeed ! 

 — Difference between black and green tea depends upon manipulation 

 — Method of making green tea — Of making black — Difference in 

 the manipulation of the two kinds — Mr. Warrington's remarks on 

 this subject — A familiar illustration — The tea-plant — Inferior teas 

 made from Thea bohea — Best teas made from Thea viridis — The 

 Woo-e-shan variety — The tea-plant affected by climate and repro- 

 duction — Tea cultivation in America and Australia — In English 

 gardens 272 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



Inn at Pouching-hien — Opium-smokers and gamblers — Value of life 

 in China — A midnight disturbance — Sing-Hoo fights with a joss- 

 stick — Difficulty of procuring men next day — Sing-Hoo carries 

 the luggage, and we march — His bamboo breaks — Scene amongst 

 beggars — Description of beggars in China — A " king of the 

 beggars " — Charity always given — I continue my journey — 

 Mountain passes and Buddhist temples — A border town and Tartar 

 guard — We are inspected and allowed to pass on . . . 288 



