Note 114 — LXXXVIII. SPIRITUALISTIC SÉANCES.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
The couches of the north of China are brick beds, heated by a stove underneath, and covered with a mat. Upon one of these is generally a dwarf table and a couple of pillows; and here it is that the Chinaman loves to recline, his wine-kettle, opium-pipe, or teapot within reach, and a friend at his side, with whom he may converse far into the night. return to text