The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 279
... Chinese - who here prosper as they prosper scarcely anywhere else - and seamen from the various war - ships in the harbour . The harbour itself is a study . Alongside of men - of - war from Europe and America may be found hundreds of ...
... Chinese - who here prosper as they prosper scarcely anywhere else - and seamen from the various war - ships in the harbour . The harbour itself is a study . Alongside of men - of - war from Europe and America may be found hundreds of ...
Page 299
... Chinese . Barley and wheat are grown during the winter months ; the flour produced from the latter is more highly valued , on account of its whiteness , than that produced from grain grown in the south of China . There are also ...
... Chinese . Barley and wheat are grown during the winter months ; the flour produced from the latter is more highly valued , on account of its whiteness , than that produced from grain grown in the south of China . There are also ...
Page 302
... Chinese . The Chinese thus escaped a war at the cost of some money , and a little damage to that intangible entity called national honour . But the tame manner in which the Pekin authorities acquiesced in the demands of Japan had ...
... Chinese . The Chinese thus escaped a war at the cost of some money , and a little damage to that intangible entity called national honour . But the tame manner in which the Pekin authorities acquiesced in the demands of Japan had ...
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