, 1875-04-05
| not tbs Froncl. siuon thor ara idont!ilsd With
what IL caIod tho Cat!'oo pulley.
| Hnrnrtcr--MItat xnrn xu1lr

| s,'.t sb" IN caiIa.i tIo cat,M,1io ,o1icy.
Tonortcr-Wjtat were yvtIr
Mr.. 1sicnasss-Wo found tlIo 1eopis very re-
! ,oryetl in thoIr manner. louklnr unon ia, nor.
l,ara w,il, i,ttIo s,Suicton. in,s no 0fors woto
| msje 10 mottgt TN, Wo we,o cartIod ali over
snl vitnessat1 tho nakina' Two cum sre used.
mn tn wi,ich tl,o tna in frnwn, and Tic other AZ
4 coyor Il ia allowed 10 stenr two OF thEoo
m;nt,,o. md IA serynI without milk or sugar, a.
thny nav that ueptroys ihe iavor Of tho tco, au.l
i Lcljpye ii. Mono Of tho Chiuoac ever drink
s'tSn Eenortcr-Yhy n not7 .....
Mr. H,cl,a arLa-1thorofs In IN fact no sucll pIant a.
a,.frH TEA.
II Ia manufactured aud generally mstlo frou.
grounds tint have ouoo becn stepped. Tl,s
grounds arc dried and rolled aud put ,nto ..ho
poisonous ons sp maters M and md beooss ONE to sroon es
Smeqieas A. ''''' A''"''' ~''
Iloportor-1s # cheaper than black teal
hfr. lsjcj,aels-It ooata nearly ~ much to fix
| up and doctor t. III tlIc truo plant.
ncportor-11ow Ia tho tea cul.iyatod7
Mr. Enthusiastically by small farmers.
Eust, anI October. Tho tlrst pick il liz best.
fl'hey carry t,o rtoon leaves into tie towns anl
soll lhon for about 91< cents : pound, and it
takes four pounds Of leaves to make ons pound
| Of dried tea
! Rapor.er-What Ia tie cost pound when
ready for o1port7
III. ltehar4js-Abont 25 couts pound.
Noportcr-Did YOU visit any other ports !?
Mr. nicl,ar1s-fey: Yo wont to Fooc!low
hu,uy and Hong Kong. During tho trip We
I, were Ic,aueh. In te % worst typhoon tiat hsd been
known there ior ilftcon yoara II was tho
worst storm / was ever tn at nea. 4
tyn)Ioon. A you arc aware, ID substantially
q gigantic rh,rlwnd. Tne wiud bloua there
from tho southwest for halt Q ycar anil At lie
atvont Of tho tsphoon chango taxes place. tho
nnrtha.ut i,nring ,i,nt cn,o IlnaEa o5 atoms
twenty feet loug. ind Weighing several tous,
we're flown twenty feet.
Honorter-Did YOU like
HONG xoHo7
| Mr., Rictlards--It Ia a British colony, md ono
Of the otlY Two places was cver In where tsado
uaa absolutely froa; where thoro werc
| 10 cuhtom.lal1sos aud no revenue All.
thoriues; whore nobody cared wllat
Won took into tho county or what
YOU took out, It was Of great Importance wlen
tho foreign commerce 0! China coutc,od At Can-
ton. and Tie EugIAl, obtained tho island with
phrticulnr refcrouco to carving on tho trade 1t
LAS now ceased to bo tllo lending port, Shanghai
having ttkon It's place. The place. however, ia
yorv tlrottv and tho Wow from Victoria Peak,
tho tontnust pait Of the Island, iA ono Of great
| beauty and diversity. attended . Chinese tite-
ntro there, and was greatly amuscd by tue per-
fornanco, Twas Invited to 20 behind tho hcenos
and Witnessed tho tlisrubntt of the p]Ayer4 (Quly
men 'a % boing nctors] Which, WA exceedingly funny.
Noporter-Dtd yon 20 inland from that point :
Mr. 1licIarda-yuy to
CANTON,
Which is tie nost interesting city In China for
tho sigl,t-sear. There IL concentrated oil the
ancient civilization Of tho Kingdom. Everybody
k,owa lint tl,o Tartars arc The governing raco IL
China. They do not compross shs feot Of their
womon aud do not wear tlo hair long. Whom
thew conuunsod tho country, thoy Obliged tho
Chmeso 10 let thoir LAIR grow, an Iadgo 81 sub
, mission. At the t.tno Of tho rebellion, a fow
yrnrs avo, tIoyo Engaged in It allowed their hair
, r. [,row innr.
1Sounriersfa s:f thru n marked d[freronce be.
! tweet thn Tnrtara and tho common reonio?
. Ajr Kiciartls-Tloy nro mich iue9or
I;onortor-Supcriutt tn iutellcct3
Mr' Hfrlarda-I would not undertake to say
thai thov ara Runerinr nIyaicaiiy.
Hennrtar-Wora you outertaiuod hospitsbly In
Cantou i?
Mr. KichnrdH-We vcro received kindly aud
, nfrection.
llonortnr-D!d Tho noop}o soeru 10 roeard tho
rartv Will, susnictnn 7-