By Proxy, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from By Proxy, Vol. 1 of 2 The time is spring-time - the scene the north of China; or rather that north-eastern portion of the Celestial Empire which the few Europeans who have visited it call North. At the date of which we write, it was a much rarer matter to explore the plains of Keang-Soo, the district lying to the north-west of Shanghae, than even now; it was an excursion which, on the part of the ´Pak-Quei-Tye´ or ´Foreign Devils,´ required money, courage, an armed guard, and above all a quietness of demeanour and conduct in the presence of much that was irritating, and more that was ludicrous, which all Europeans, and we fear we must add especially our military fellow-countrymen, do not possess. English officers in particular, who have been accustomed to the natives of India, are apt to get into trouble with those of China; the character of ´Pandy´ being very different from that of John Chinaman, and especially of John Chinaman on his own dunghill - far inland, where ´the Barbarians´ - that is to say, all persons belonging to civilised communities - are held not only cheap but contemptible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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