DOGS AWD CATS. 



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Sailors 1 you are invited to try this shop, where 

 you will hid hone&t dealing, and irhere you can 

 have ready mM^ to^mi te*j nti^Bamshoo*^' 



The rooms, for tliis purpHDi0» "were very neat, 

 with small couclics for honest and sober Jack to 

 recline upon, some pamphlets tmd tracts to 

 amuse his mind as lie sipped the decoction of 

 the l^d^ l>err|r; the shop contaaned ^ixm 

 hats, ?i!iri9US portraits, and coarse articles of 

 Chinese manufacture, tempting him to pnvcha^ie 

 for liis friends and acquaintances at home ; and 

 the owner appeared to be an intelligent man, 

 Esd^eaf am seeti ^^^^med aboii^ tht #fir^ in 

 greacfe nstrnfeeis* mA ni dll ^bseriptions. Dogs, 



cats, rats, living and dead 5 "with fowds, ducks, 

 and other kinds of poultry, as well as living eels, 

 carp, &c. in buckets of water : the latter are fed 



and Mteuxad ia mm^ mi i^sikm ht mh 

 i^hmcomddemi^in^mBtd^^f^tm^ the 

 fresh water fisli are very insipid in taste. 



Every tiling living or dead, organic or inor- 

 ganic, is sold by weight in this celestial coun- 

 try, i^hfither it be finiit ox ballast stones^ oil m 

 y^isMe^^ m |^g% e&U m poultry^ 



they are all purchased by the catty. The dcjgft 

 and pussies are liighly esteemed by the Chiuesie, 

 who convert them into delicions (according to 

 their organs of taste) how-wow soup, and rich 



