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of the head, and of eradicating every straggling hair from the 
face, especially from the ears, eyes, and nostrils ; and to their prac- 
tice of shampooing : a single operation, consequently, occupying so 
much time, that one man cannot serve many employers in a day. 
The barbers carry about with them all the necessary implements of 
their avocation ; a stool, a small furnace, water, razors, and brushes, 
comprised in two small stands, suspended from the two ends of a 
bamboo, supported across the shoulders. Besides these, they have 
a variety of small instruments made of white copper, the forms of 
which tell little of their appropriate uses. My readers may amuse 
themselves in conjecturing them, from their fac-simile repre- 
sentation in the annexed engraving. I could only observe that 
they were flourished with great rapidity about the face of the 
patient. They were probably used in the process of shampooing, 
of which the following curious account is given by one who under- 
went it : “ Shampooing is an operation not known in Europe, and is 
peculiar to the Chinese, which I had once the curiosity to go through, 
and for which I paid but a trifle. However, had I not seen several 
China merchants shampooed before me, I should have been very 
apprehensive of danger, even at the sight of all the different instru- 
ments that were arranged in proper order on the table before the 
operator began. He first placed me in a large chair ; then began to 
beat, with both his hands, very fast upon all parts of my body. He 
next stretched out my arms and legs, and gave them several sudden 
pulls that racked my joints ; then got my arm upon his shoulder, and 
hauled me sideways a good way over the chair, and as suddenly gave 
my head a twitch or jerk round, that I thought he should have put 
my neck out of joint. Next, he beat, with the ends of his fingers, 
very softly, but very quickly, all over my head, body, and legs, every 
now and then cracking his fingers with an air ; then he stroaked up 
my ears, temples, and eye-lashes ; and again racked my joints. After 
he had gone through this process, he proceeded with his instruments 
to scrape, pick, and syringe my ears, every now and then tinkling 
with an instrument close to my ears. The next thing was my eyes, 
