A residence among the Chinese- inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856 (1857) (14780933571)

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Title: A residence among the Chinese: inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880
Subjects: Travel
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A RESIDENCE AMONG THE CHINE SE: INLAND, ON THE COAST, AND AT SEA. BEING A NARRATIVE OF SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING ATHIRD VISIT TO CHINA, FROM 1853 TO 1856. INCLUDING NOTICES OF MANY NATURAL PRODUCTIONS AND WORKS OF ART,THE CULTURE OF SILK, &c.; WITH SUGGESTIONS ON THE PEESENT WAE. By ROBERT FORTUNE, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AGRI-HOET. SOCIETT OP INDIA, AUTHOR OF THREE years WANDERINGS IN CHINA, A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES, ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: JOHN MUERAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1857. LOXDON: PRINTED lir W. CLOWES AND SOKS, STAIIFOW) STREET,AND CHAUrSG CBOSS. T>5707 PREFACE. It is now nearly fourteen years since I landed inChina for the first time, in the capacity of BotanicalCollector to the Horticultural Society of London.From 1848 to the beginning of 1851 I was en-gaged by the Honourable Court of Directors of theEast India Company in procuring supplies of tea-plants, seeds, implements, and green-tea makers,for the government plantations in the Himalayas.In the endresidencechinese00fort