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Title: The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Kemp, Emily Georgiana, 1860-
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Publisher: New York, Duffield
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ion with ourhostess by means of pictures and dumb-show, as wehad no one to interpret. I hope we did not tell manylies by mistake, but fear that it is not improbable.The next morning we felt quite sorry to leave thesenice people, who had been so friendly to us. We weregreatly struck with the fine poultry all through thisdistrift. My Aberdonian poulterer would with greatjustice describe them as some fine beasts. Thereare the handsomest pure white and coal-black hens,besides fowls of various colours. The eggs, too, are asplendid size, and are to be obtained everywhere. Thepeculiarity of the fowls is that many of them haveblack skins and black bones, which are most unap-petising to look at, but they are considered the bestkind for eating. There were plenty of vegetables,pears, oranges, and peanuts to be had, and so far wecould see no signs of the dearth of food of which wehad heard such alarming accounts. There are every-where pigs in abundance : some of them are a curiousfawn colour. 202
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ch. xviii From S%echwan into Tun?tan We crossed a fine suspension-bridge after leavingLaowatan, and took a path leading upwards for abouta couple of hours over the mountains. A light forthe orphan spirits might well be needed on sucha road. The chair-carriers found it difficult work, andwe got on much more quickly on our own feet; thoughthe coolies made no suggestion that we should walk,despite the fact that we had authorised them to do sowhenever the road was difficult. They are so willingand attentive in performing any little service—suchas cleaning ones boots after walking through a quag-mire—that one the more gladly saves them when theroad is stiff. One coolie fell and wrenched his kneerather badly, but he went on most uncomplainingly,and showed intense gratitude on getting it bathed andbandaged. In fact, from this time on he was ourdevoted slave. We were interested to meet quite anew god in this region. He has three faces, and oftenwears a large stone hat. He is carved in sto

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