...bowls of plain rice, which the attendants now* for the first time placed before each of the guests. I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handfuls. Thus instructed,...

...bowls of plain rice, which the attendants now * for the first time placed before each of the guests. I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its foil extent, and thus easiJy shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handfulls. Thus instructed,...

...bowls of plain rice, which the attendants now for the first time placed before each of the guests. I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment...cleverly joining the ends of their chop-sticks, plunged thom into the bowls of rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily...

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...formal dinner ; rice forms a much more integral part of an every-day meal.) " I regarded with an ah" of considerable embarrassment, the two little sticks,...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handsfull. Thus instructed,...

...surmounted by an eighth, which thus formed the summit of a pyramid ; and the custom is to tou£kjjone of these although invited by the host. On the refusal...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handsfull. Thus instructed,...

...the attendants now, for the first time, placed before each of the guests ; it must be rememE bered that this was a formal dinner, — rice forms a much...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains but by handfuls. ADVENTURE OF AN...

...bowls of plain rice, which the attendants now,* for the first time, placed before each of the guests. I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handfuls. Thus instructed,...

...notwithstanding the experience acquired since the commencement of the repast, it seemed very doubtful whether 1 should be able to eat my rice, grain by grain, according...rice, held up to the mouth, which was opened to its full extent, and thus easily shovelled in the rice, not by grains, but by handsnil. Thus instructed,...

...chopsticks in eating. On this subject we quote the following from the French traveller La Place : — " It seemed very doubtful whether I should be able to...discovery would serve to relieve us from the truly ridiculous embarrassment which we all displayed : in a word, our two Chinese, cleverly joining the...