There canʼt have been many social workers at that troubled time who heard an expression of gratitude.

The naval recruits are drawn from all districts of the Empire, and include a larger proportion of seafaring and semiseafaring men and mechanics than are among those the war office keeps for the army.

The great fertility of the Cotton-plant in these fine flexile threads, whilst those from Flax, Hemp, and Nettles, or from the bark of the Mulberry-tree, require a previous putrefaction of the parenchymatous substance, and much mechanical labour, and afterwards bleaching, renders this plant of great importance to the world.

Considering the skill displayed in the drilling and decoration of many jades assigned to the Chou Dynasty, it would appear that the plain Huang Ts’ung originated at a much earlier date (PLATE IX).