Note 42 — II. THE TALKING PUPILS.

The common European name for the only Chinese coin, about twenty of which go to a penny. Each has a square hole in the middle, for the convenience of stringing them together; hence the expression “strings of cash.” return to footnote anchor 23 return to footnote anchor 42 return to footnote anchor 106 return to footnote anchor 144 return to Vol. II. footnote anchor 81 return to Vol. II. footnote anchor 148