China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 2Macmillan, 1878 |
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... William Gow Gregor. CONTENTS . CHAPTER XXX . FISHING BOATS AND FISHERY Į ABORIGINAL TRIBES PHYSICAL FEATURES CHAPTER XXXI . vii PAGE 288 302 CHAPTER XXXII . 314 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . A PHYSIOGNOMIST A BLIND MINSTREL A.
... William Gow Gregor. CONTENTS . CHAPTER XXX . FISHING BOATS AND FISHERY Į ABORIGINAL TRIBES PHYSICAL FEATURES CHAPTER XXXI . vii PAGE 288 302 CHAPTER XXXII . 314 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . A PHYSIOGNOMIST A BLIND MINSTREL A.
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... tribes , it is not unusual to see the plough kept in motion by a yoke of asses or mules , or , as I have already stated , by men and women . When the plough has done its work , the fields are harrowed . The fortune - tellers are now ...
... tribes , it is not unusual to see the plough kept in motion by a yoke of asses or mules , or , as I have already stated , by men and women . When the plough has done its work , the fields are harrowed . The fortune - tellers are now ...
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... tribe . The cinnamon gardens are in the provinces of Kwang - si and Yunnan . When found in their natural state , the trees are often upwards of forty feet high , and seldom less than a foot and a half in diameter . It is customary ...
... tribe . The cinnamon gardens are in the provinces of Kwang - si and Yunnan . When found in their natural state , the trees are often upwards of forty feet high , and seldom less than a foot and a half in diameter . It is customary ...
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... tribes of Mongolia only . The process which the Mongolians adopt , to prepare the leaves for the palate , is very simple . So soon as the leaves are plucked , they are placed in an iron pan to be well steamed over a slow fire . After ...
... tribes of Mongolia only . The process which the Mongolians adopt , to prepare the leaves for the palate , is very simple . So soon as the leaves are plucked , they are placed in an iron pan to be well steamed over a slow fire . After ...
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... tribes , in order to use brick tea , rub it to a fine powder , boil it with the alkaline of steppe - water , to which salt and fat have been added , and pour off the decoction from the sediment . They mix this liquid first with milk ...
... tribes , in order to use brick tea , rub it to a fine powder , boil it with the alkaline of steppe - water , to which salt and fat have been added , and pour off the decoction from the sediment . They mix this liquid first with milk ...
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