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PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

THE LIBRARY

OF

ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.

THE CHINESE

VOL. I.

COMMITTEE.

Chairman-The Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM, F.R.S., Member of the National Institute of France.

Vice-Chairman-Rt. Hon. Lord J. RUSSELL, M.P.

Treasurer-WILLIAM TOOKE, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.

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J. Frederick Daniell, Esq., F.R.S.
H. T. DelaBeche, Esq., F.R.S.
Rt. Hon. Lord Denman.

T. Drummond, Esq., RE, F.R.AS.
Rt. Hon. Viscount Ebrington, M.P
Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian
of the British Museuin.

T. F. Ellis, Esq., M.A., F.R.A.S.
John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S
Thomas Falconer, Esq.

I L. Goldsmid, Esq., F. R. and R.A.S.
B. Gompertz, Esq., F.R. and R A.S.
G B. Greenough, Esq., F. R. and L.S.
H. Hallam, Esq., F.R.S., M.A.
M. Hill, Esq.

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Henry B. Ker, Esq.

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George C. Lewis, Esq., M.A.

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J. W. Lubbock, Esq., F.R., R.A., and

L.S.S.

H. Malden, Esq., M.A.
A. T. Malkin, Esq., M.A.
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J. H. Merivale, Esq., M.A.,F.A.S.
James Mill, Esq.

The Right Hon. Lord Nugent.
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Rt. Hon. Sir H. Parnell, Bart., M.P.

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Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A., F.R.S.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Right Hon. Earl Spencer.
John Taylor, Esq., F.R.S.
Dr. A. T. Thomson, F. L.S.
H. Waymouth, Esq

J. Whishaw, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
John Wood, Esq.

John Wrottesley, Esq.. M.A., F.R.A.S

THOMAS COATES, Esq., Secretary, 59, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

THE LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.

THE CHINESE:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

ОР

THE EMPIRE OF CHINA

AND ITS INHABITANTS.

BY JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esq., F.R.S., &c.

LATE HIS MAJESTY'S CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT IN CHINA.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD-CUTS.

LONDON:

CHARLES KNIGHT & CO., 22, LUDGATE STREET.

MDCCCXXXVI.

1 MAY 1968

LIBRARY

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS
Stamford Street.

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