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 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from 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<br><br>The Author has been much gratified with the favourable manner in which the first edition of his work has been received by the public. It has been suggested by his friends that it would be desirable in a new edition to enter more fully into the subject of Tea. He has therefore given some statistical information tending to show the quantity of this production which is consumed by the Chinese themselves as well as what they could spare for the European market in the event of a greater demand arising from the reduction of tea duties. Attention has also been directed to our dominions in the north-west of India which seem to possess all the requisites of a tea country.<br><br>These and some other additions which have been made to the work will it is hoped render it more interesting.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.