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EGGS OF YESTERDAY KEEPING FRESH IN EARTHENWARE JARS
| The diet of the Chinese has often been the cause of much merriment to Occidentals, and, undoubtedly, some Chinese have a sweet tooth for dogs and rats. The northern Chinese transport their eggs in earthenware crocks wrapped in oil paper, to keep them fresh; an unnecessary course it would appear, seeing that the Chinese do not object to eating eggs which are several years old |
"THIS LITTLE PIG GOES TO MARKET" IN CHINESE FASHION
| The back of a Chinese carries many a diversified load, coal, wood, town merchandise, country produce, pigs — as we see, and men, if they are rich enough to pay the fee demanded. Wide awake to the wayward nature of their present burden, these cautious countrymen have trussed him securely to a wicker sling, and in this undignified style King Porker will be borne in state to market |