CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
Soil of Woo-e-Shan — Sites of Tea-farms — Cultivation and Man- 
agement of Tea-plantations — Size of Farms — Mode of packing 
— Chop Names — Route 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 217 
CHAPTER XV. 
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 glabra — 
They succeed ! — Difference between Black and Green Tea de- 
pends 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 Illus- 
tration — The Tea-plant — Inferior Teas made from Thea hohea 
— Best Teas made from Thea viridis — The Woo-e-shan Variety 
— The Tea-plant affected by Climate and Reproduction — Tea 
Cultivation in America and Australia — In English Gardens 232 
CHAPTER XVI. 
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 247 
