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English: Notes from Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs:


“In travelling, the carriage of money is a great annoyance, owing to the smallness of its value and the large number of coins or “cash” necessary to make up an amount of any size.”
“Exchanging eighteen shillings English for brass cash, the weight of them amounted to seventy-two pounds, which had to be carried by the coolies.”
“These cash have a square hole in the middle, and are strung together upon a piece of straw twist. Should the straw break, the loss of time in getting up the pieces is much more than the loss of the money.”
“The Chinese are honest, very keen at a bargain, but when the bargain is made the Chinaman may be depended on to keep it.”

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Source Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs by Isabella Lucy Bird (through Primal Trek – A journey through Chinese culture by Gary Ashkenazy)
Author Isabella Lucy Bird (J.F. Bishop)

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