BANQUET. 151 at the close of the repast, when a servant brought a dirty-looking wooden pail full of steaming hot •water, and a dark coarse cloth, which latter the mandarins, whilst seated at table, each in turn dipped in the water, and then mopped their... Among the Sons of Han: Notes of a Six Years' Residence in Various Parts of ... - Page 153 by Mrs. Thomas Francis Hughes - 1881 - 314 pages Full view -
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