This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...the Custom House at Shan-hai-kuan 1 $ $ at the eastern terminus of the Great Wall), constituting the administrative district of the Taot'ai of Newchwang. fing f Government salaries. $? $& salary. fing Jfs to hold in both hands or claws (as the eagle on Mexican dollars, holding a snake in one claw and a twig of cactus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...the Custom House at Shan-hai-kuan 1 $ $ at the eastern terminus of the Great Wall), constituting the administrative district of the Taot'ai of Newchwang. fing f Government salaries. $? $& salary. fing Jfs to hold in both hands or claws (as the eagle on Mexican dollars, holding a snake in one claw and a twig of cactus in the other). fing H rich; affluent; abundance. H a year of plenty; a good harvest. fing jy to seal; to envelop; to close up; to confer. $j jtf duly sealed; after being sealed. U 3J to keep under bond. ijf $m jfi P tirst just approaching a port; when arriving oft' a port. Q to aid; to assist. fj J to assist. St 5fi3 t0 assist (the Throne); a Minister of State. ffj to lay on; an instructor. fS 7t& to aPPty oil U to bind; to tie. $ K to fasten by binding. jj to be sufficient for. llt jjj? to remit the full amount contracted for (as a tax farmer remits to Government). 'ff a prisoner of war; to capture. ijji not; it should not be. f$j like; for example. ffi to oppose; to thwart. OT 5S perverse; obstinate. fj to give; to deliver to; to send; to engage. ff j@t t o hand over to; to place in one's hands; to tender (as payment). H 3o" 6! AS t0 charter a convenient ship; to make use (for cargo or passage) of a ship which happens to be on the berth. fu Oft to order. /f $f a house; a store; a palace; a prefecture, or department, of the first order; a fu. Jj5f j$ prefectural cities. Jjf a Vice-Director in the Imperial Clan Court. /' flfiF to stoop down; to condescend. flfF ft to fall prostrate. tH fir to condescend to think of; to take into consideration. $F - $J Wi to kindly take into consideration our (the merchants') difficulties. 'fliF BSlJ BR "U t0 favour one with a despatch (said of a superi...
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