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.

CHAPTER VIII.

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Shanghae visited at the end of 1843.--My Lodgings.--Prejudices and Superstitions of the Inhabitants.--The City described.--Shops and Merchandise.--Food.--An important Station for foreign Trade.--The Exports of the Country; Teas and Silk easily brought to it.--The adjacent Country described.--Its Canals--Agriculture.--Tombs of the Dead.--Trees and Shrubs.--Gardens and Nurseries.--Difficulty of access to them.--Cunning and Deceit of the Chinese.--A Chinese Dinner.--Theatricals.