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The Costume of China

Plate XVII. A COMMON SEDAN CHAIR.

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This is one of the most common of sedan chairs, used by the peasantry; though there are others still meaner, and without any covering over head. The wages of labour are so low, and the price of provisions so cheap, that any man above a common labourer can afford to be carried in his chair.

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China—Plate 18

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