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 A RESIDENCE

AMONG

THE CHINESE

INLAND, ON THE COAST, AND AT SEA.

BEING A NARRATIVE OF SCENES AND ADVENTURES DURING A THIRD VISIT TO CHINA, FROM 1853 TO 1856.

INCLUDING NOTICES OF MANY NATURAL PRODUCTIONS AND WORKS OF ART, THE CULTURE OF SILK, &c.;

WITH SUGGESTIONS ON THE PRESENT WAR.

By ROBERT FORTUNE,

HONORART MEMBER OF THE AGRI-HORT. SOCIETY OP INDIA, AUTHOR OF "THREE years' WANDERINGS IN CHINA," "A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES," ETC.

with illustrations.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1857.

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