ClIAP. IV. 
ARTIFICIAL DUCK-HATCHING. 
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a semifluid of a beautiful white colour, but soon gets 
solid, and in cold weather is very brittle. The inside of 
the tubs which collect the tallow are sprinkled or dusted 
over with a fine red earth, well dried, which prevents / IX 
the tallow from adhering to their sides. It is thus easily J ^^^^^\ir^yC^ 
the candles made from this vegetable tallow have a ^'•^s t.'^ 3 
dition the cakes are exposed for sale in the market. As 
removed in a solid state from the tubs, and in this con- ^^"^^^^ 
tendency to get soft and to melt in hot weather, they are ^jf^ . r ff^ 
commonly dipped in wax of various colours, as red, ^ ^ ^ - ^ 
green, and yellow. Those which are intended for reli- 
gious purposes are generally very large, and finely orna- 
mented with golden characters. ^y^' 
" The cake, or refuse, which remains after the tallow 
has been pressed out of it, is used for fuel, or to manure 
the land, and so is the refuse from the other part of the 
seeds, from which oil is extracted." 
One of the greatest lions in Chusan is an old China- Jw.e fe^' 
man, who every spring hatches thousands of ducks' eggs ^ . LZ-^ 
by artificial heat. His establishment is situated in the .^^"^ 
valley on the north side of the city of Tinghae, and was 
much resorted to by the officers of the troops and stran- 
gers who visited the island. The first question put to a 
sight-seer who came here was, whether he had seen the 
hatching process, and, if he had not, he was always 
recommended to pay a visit to the old Chinaman and 
his ducks. 
When I set out upon this excursion for the first time, 
it was a beautiful morning in the end of May, just 
such a morning as we have in the same month in Eng- 
land, but perhaps a little warmer. The mist and vapour 
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