porcelain has been manufactured in this city, and no improvements in all these ages in their method of turning out their wares. We timed a man in turning out a large flower vase. In two and a-half minutes from the time the clay was put on the turning lathe it was ready for the kiln, for the firet burning. Eight cash is the price paid for such a piece of work. Ifnature had only id prepared the mud ready for at eight cash might make
rage wage of an expert workman. The people bavccloord a cay fe the ave of this section are industrious, well-to-do, and well disposed towards foreigners. The time is fixed by Inw when these kilns shall begin, and when they shall stop burning. The 8th day of the fourth month is the time to begin, and close at the end of the 11th moon. This prevents those living nent getting the advantage over those living in the distant provinces.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.