written, and his first name last.

The seat of honor at the table is at the left of the
host.

Fashions in fine clothing never change in China.

Thieves are required by the Government to be organized
into companies or guilds with elected heads, with whom
the Government and public may treat.

If a man is busy at his store, a traveling restaurant
will wait upon him.

A charcoal furnace, culinary vessels, and food, are
slung upon a pole carried by the proprietor, who stops
before the customer's door, and cooks a meal to order.

The first paddle-wheel boats built in China were
anchored in the stream where the current turned the
paddle-wheels, and ground grain for food.

The Chinese paint the edges of their shoe-soles white.

An expensive coffin is always an acceptable present from
an affectionate son and heir to his living father.

Military officers in the Chinese army formerly wore
embroidered silk petticoats, and strings of beads around
their necks; they carried fans, and mounted their horses