Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and ChinaJ. Murray, 1863 - 395 páginas |
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... manners and customs - Gale of wind - Extra- ordinary harbour - Southern Channel - Ship ashore- Two Jonahs on board - Nagasaki in winter - Arrival at Shanghae - Plants shipped for England .. .. 149 CHAPTER XI . - Return to Japan - Kite -
... manners and customs - Gale of wind - Extra- ordinary harbour - Southern Channel - Ship ashore- Two Jonahs on board - Nagasaki in winter - Arrival at Shanghae - Plants shipped for England .. .. 149 CHAPTER XI . - Return to Japan - Kite -
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... England from China , Pines , Junipers , Taxus , Po- docarpus , Rhapis flabelliformis , and some ferns . These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes . Japanese gentlemen in Nagasaki , whose wealth enables ...
... England from China , Pines , Junipers , Taxus , Po- docarpus , Rhapis flabelliformis , and some ferns . These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes . Japanese gentlemen in Nagasaki , whose wealth enables ...
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... England . Amongst them I noted small plants of the beautiful Sciadopitys verticillata , several Retinosporas , some with variegated leaves ; Thujopsis dolabrata , and variegated examples of laurel , bamboo , orontium , and Hoya ...
... England . Amongst them I noted small plants of the beautiful Sciadopitys verticillata , several Retinosporas , some with variegated leaves ; Thujopsis dolabrata , and variegated examples of laurel , bamboo , orontium , and Hoya ...
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... England would be very unsafe in a country like Japan , where earthquakes are so common and so violent . Hence the main part of a Japanese house is a sort of skeleton framework ; every beam is tied or fastened to its neighbour ; so that ...
... England would be very unsafe in a country like Japan , where earthquakes are so common and so violent . Hence the main part of a Japanese house is a sort of skeleton framework ; every beam is tied or fastened to its neighbour ; so that ...
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... England , where we have so many fine kinds , and most certainly will be highly prized in the United States of America . A few years ago I was travelling from Malta to Grand Cairo , in company with Mr. Bryant the celebrated American poet ...
... England , where we have so many fine kinds , and most certainly will be highly prized in the United States of America . A few years ago I was travelling from Malta to Grand Cairo , in company with Mr. Bryant the celebrated American poet ...
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Account already amongst appearance arrived beautiful brought buildings called capital carried CHAP China Chinese collections common covered crops cultivated curious direction distance doubt England English Fcap feet fields flowers foreign gardens give going Government ground hand head hills History horses houses Illustrations interest islands Italy Japan Japanese journey Kanagawa kind LADY land leaves Legation Letters living look LORD manner miles morning mountains Nagasaki named natives natural nearly noticed objects observed officers passed Peking plants Portrait ports Post 8vo present pretty productions remarkable residence road Second Edition seemed seen ship side soon species streets temple things Third Thousand Tien-tsin tion town trade travellers trees valleys Vols walls whole winter wood Woodcuts Yedo
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