The dominance of herbalists in the new, overseas Chinese health care system was a reflection of two perhaps fortuitous circumstances (besides, of course, the lucrative nature of the new Golden Mountain environment itself, which was bound to draw the interest of the commercial herbal practitioners of south China). The first was the predominance of herbal medicine as an extremely well-established and highly successful tradition in the geographical areas from which most Chinese migrants came, namely the Canton Delta. A second was the unique role played in early Chinese migration to the United States, and particularly to Canada, by merchants and other entrepreneurs and community leaders from the strategically placed Hsiung-shan (later Chung-shan) County.
Such speeches (like the rheses) have the distinction of length, often exceeding one hundred lines; they give the impression that for a time dramatic effect is suspended, and, as a substitute, the recognised features of Epic Poetry supply a new interest.
But they still followed them by guess, hopeing to find their dwellings; but they soone lost both them & them selves, falling into shuch thickets as were ready to tear their cloaths & armore in peeces, but were most distressed for wante of drinke.
We've given a million pounds to these waterworks and we shan't live to use more than (say) fifteen yearsworth of them.
