CHAPTER XIX._Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

Spring in the north of China.--New Flowers.--Journey through the

Country.--Motley Group of Fellow Passengers.--A Morning Scene in

a Chinese Junk.--Tartar City of Chapoo.--Shops and Trade.--Crowds

of People.--A Visit to the Mandarins.--A free Passage onward

offered.--Their Object in this.--Means taken to thwart them.--Leave

Chapoo for Shanghae.--Country and Town of Ping-hoo.--Silk Districts

visited.--Cultivation of the Mulberry.--Management of the

Silk-worm.--Arrival at Shanghae.--Consul's Letter enclosing one from

the Taoutae, or Head Mandarin.--A most satisfactory Reply!

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