Canton And the Bogue the Narrative of An Eventful Six Months in China
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153 from our faces ; and this was changed once or twice during the evening. Chop-sticks were placed for each guest ; hut in case we should fail to manage these satisfactorily, a sort of small pitchfork was also provided to help us out of the difficulty. But we were fully determined to gain popularity ; so we manfully stuck to the chop-sticks, and with some advice as to their use, and assistance in manipulating them, we succeeded in getting on tolerably well. This determination pleased our hosts... im- mensely, and they were evidently flattered by our choosing the national mode of eating. I won't reveal what agony and how many abortive attempts that concession cost me ! On taking our seats — mahogany stools — the singers entered the room, and seated themselves Uround on ottomans behind us ; to whom the custom is now and then to hand a nut or seed, or perhaps a cup of 154 CANTON AND THE BOGUE. samshu, in return for which, they fan you. The post of honour is on the left of the host. The dinner commenced with birds'- nest soup, which is a white soup, and very glutinous ; then came sharks' fins, which you dip first of all in various sauces on the table ; then plovers' eggs ; then chickens done up in different ways ; claws of cray- fish, and every sort of vegetable done up in as many kinds of sauces; pastry d V Anglaise, which I found very difficult to get down ; other kinds of sweets, and stewed pears ; the whole winding up with a dessert, con- sisting chiefly of crystallized fruits.
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