CHAPTER XIX

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Spring in the north of China.--New Flowers.--Journey through the Country.--Motley Group of Fellow Passengers.--A Morning Scene in a Chinese Junk.--Tartar City of Chapoo.--Shops and Trade.--Crowds of People.--A Visit to the Mandarins.--A free Passage onward offered.--Their Object in this.--Means taken to thwart them.--Leave Chapoo for Shanghae.--Country and Town of Ping-hoo.--Silk Districts visited.--Cultivation of the Mulberry.--Management of the Silk-worm.--Arrival at Shanghae.--Consul's Letter enclosing one from the Taoutae, or Head Mandarin.--A most satisfactory Reply!

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