 | China - 1833 - 530 pages
...transactions give such life and motion to the scene, as strongly to remind one of Liverpool. As tha land in this vicinity yields few productions, and...port of China is trade so lucrative as in this; but nowhere else are so many dangers to be encountered. A great many junks were wrecked this yean ; and... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1834 - 434 pages
...strongly to remind one of Liver586 587 pool. As the land in this vicinity yiclda few pro. auctions, and the capital swallows up immense stores, the importations...the different articles commanded a good price. In no uther port of Chi. na is trade so lucrative as in this ; but no where else are so many dangers to be... | |
 | Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett - China - 1836 - 482 pages
...superior skill of the traders from the south. The trade of Tien-sing is quite extensive; more than 500 junks arrive annually from the southern ports of China,...supply the wants of the people must be very great."* • Journal of Three Voyages, pp. 130, 131, 135. In Mantchoo Tartary itself, or Leao-tong, as it is... | |
 | Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon - China - 1843 - 472 pages
...superior skill of the traders from the south. The trade of Tien-sing is quite extensive; more than 500 junks arrive annually from the southern ports of China,...supply the wants of the people must be very great."* * Journal of Three Voyages, pp. 130, 131, 135. In Mantchoo Tartary itself, or Leao-tong, as it is called... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 630 pages
...best Chinese style. The trade is quite extensive ; more than five hundred junks arrive annually Trom the southern ports of China, and from Cochinchina...supply the wants of the people must be very great."* The approach to this city from the eastward indicates its importance, and the change from the sparsely... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 626 pages
...five hundred junks arrive annually from the southern ports of China, and from Cochinchina and Siain. The river is so thronged with junks, and the mercantile...supply the wants of the people must be Very great."* The approach to this city from the eastward indicates its importance, and the change from the sparsely... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 648 pages
...mercantile transactions give such life and motion to the scene, as strongly to remind one of Liver, pool. As the land in this vicinity yields few productions,...importations required to supply the wants of the people must bo very great."* The approach to this city from the eastward indicates its importance, and the change... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1849 - 636 pages
...more than five hundred junks arrive annually from the southern ports of China, and from Coehinchina and Siam. The river is so thronged with junks, and...supply the wants of the people must be very great."• The approach to this city from the eastward indicates its importance, and the change from the sparsely... | |
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The river is so thronged with junks, and the mercantile transactions give such life and motion to the scene, as strongly to remind one of Liverpool. As the land in this vicinity yields few productions, and the capital swallows up immense stores, the importations... 