The Oldest And the Newest Empire: China And the United States
The book The Oldest And the Newest Empire: China And the United States was written by author Speer, William, 1822-1904 Here you can read free online of The Oldest And the Newest Empire: China And the United States book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Oldest And the Newest Empire: China And the United States a good or bad book?
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We continued to cross these trenchts for about six miles, the distance between them being from twenty yards to half a mile, and then struck to the south-east over several ranges of small hills, the valleys between them being generally cultivated. " Many of the farmers' cottages were built of unburnt brick and covered with thatch, and being invariably surrounded and shaded by fruit trees, they bore a stronger resemblance to those which adorn an English landscape than any habitations I had seen s...ince my de- parture from my own home. Houses for the enter- tainment of travelers were erected at intervals on the roadside, and at noon we entered one of them to rest ourselyfis and to partake of some refreshment." ^ The position of the Chinese in Borneo is thus de- .V.QjSP.. WjnPSOB Earl, The Eastern Seas, pp. 280-282. CHINESE IMMIOUATION. 467 scribed by a sprightly German lady who visited the is- land in the course of a journey round the world : " The Chinese play in Borneo very much the part of the Jews in Poland and Hungary.
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