There are people who say that because these boats all turn in the one direction, they were built it this peculiar way to pass by certain protruding rocks along this river. There are others who say that it is on account of the superstitions of the people. They say that the people believe that these crooked sterns frustrate the powers of the evil spirits. I do not believe that there is anything in either of these reasons. I have made many _inquiries and they always say that it is for the reason I stated above, that they might get 2 high fulcrum where they could use their long sweep steering, that they are built in frits way.
The excellent oil sheets display: ed to view tempt the visitor to make a purchase, for nothing like to be found elsewhere.
not as good as oiled cloth for keeping out the wet, but are vastly superior for and other thin, a silk fishing net in his hand makes one wonder how many uses the Chinese really have for the different kinds of silk.
The Chinese, howe are not the only ones in the province who know how to use the silk, for the aboriginal women have home-made embroideries of the richest. kind. Altogether separate from Chinese embroidery, these are worked on native cotton cloth of coarse descrip:
and covering the cloth with silks of the richest possible dyes. they give it the appearance" of jewelled embroidery. The richly embroidered cloth in which a woman carries her baby on her back is said to take her a year t" work, and one can readily' believe this, it is so entirely covered with work. The dresses of the younger women and girls are also deeply embroidered on the sleeves. and down the front.
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