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pussy brotli. ACluuesa does not appear to have 

 my M€«t ibf iaeAsut66i«it5i<^ one wa» aa&eii vnhit^ 

 ther we should Lave iamch wind — ** Yog, i^lentjr 

 catties of wind, by, by, come and wlicn sniuo 

 gciitleirien wcm taking oI)servations of tlie snu, 

 the Chinese oljserved upon them, that ^' thuy 

 wcsre weighing the sun." Eating shops are very 



wmmmm txr iht m^M^ of Owt^^ mxb^tig 

 an immense number of made dish^, and dteco* 

 rated also with enormous fat pigs, varnished 

 over, and pendent from difierent parts of the 

 shops, together wMl^ iraxsush^d ^ntis ^d geese ; 



Mfds ^ also dried and jpf elSed, 

 and thm h$m ^ mtions appearance. 



One evening T \asited tlie ceh'brated Fa, tee 

 gardens, which are situated a short distance 

 np the rivetji and Oici the opposite side to that 

 upon wMe^h CJaaton ia aitaated. On visiting 

 these W$tB^Ty gardens I certainly expected tO 

 have seen a sphnuh'd eoUeetion of (Ihinese phmts 

 and flowers, but 1 was sjully disappointed ; the 

 worst nursery garden in any uf tlie provincial 

 tdwiqs in <3mt Bfitdiij waa^ te, hftyond 



any of these, both in size, e\t{'nt, (lis|ilay of 

 flnwerin*^,' plants ami shriil»s, evi-ii nf tbe Iiousted 

 flowers oi' Cliiiia tjRiinselves. In how many of 

 the greenhouses at Itome are not the Azalvaa, 



Cbwf^f Chrifsm^mmi MU^mt$f seen 



