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manner, to the luroTr oiios of tlic lono'-footed race. 

 Hie shops of tailors, sign-jiuinters, apothecaries, 

 book aBd psepeae MlledRS^ ^b^l)!!ow^» me: 

 iinnierous ; and eating-shops, filled Avitli all 

 kinds of birds and beasts, cooked in their pecnliar 

 manner, and afterwards varnished; and poul- 

 tems' shops, with living and dead poultry of all 

 dw?ipti0i^^ itt mm of the atceeti^ reQr 

 abundant 



On arrivhij^ at the birgc or principal gate 

 leading into the city, strangers are not permitted 

 to pass : there are also smaller wicket-gates, 

 l^dittg into tl^e 0 Uhei part^^ # wHob 

 frnxm we^kmA to p^Teat ferdgttea fi^m 

 pa-sin 2' : several mandarins would occasion- 

 ally be seen carried in their chairs, as well as 

 some of the superior class of Chinese small-eyed 

 bcmiitie& borne tt kisd. of ^3m, upon && 

 ifeottld«^ eooli<3S. On ^siterli^ of the 

 shops, tos^Q&e process of manufee^rjjag, every 

 attention was paid us by the Chinese : one that 

 attracted our attention, was tlie melting and ina- 

 ntrfadturingthe lead into thin plates, for liningtea- 

 ead^tteSj ohesM, TM^U effected by tliwjwtiig 

 1Saj»dIy the molten lead hetweeu two (hit stones, 

 upon tlie inner stirfaces of each of which paper 

 was ])laced, pasted Ijv its edges upon the stone : 

 as soon as the lead was thrown in, the upper stone 



