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                              RICE PAPERS




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                              RICE PAPERS

                                   BY

                              H. L. NORRIS




              “EXERCISE YOUR FACULTIES OF SEEING, AND YOU
                     WILL GET GOOD THINGS TO EAT”
                                     Chinese Proverb




                        LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
                       39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
                          NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
                                  1905
                          All rights reserved




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                                   TO
                             THE COMMODORE
                              AND OFFICERS
                                   OF
                             H.M.S. “TAMAR”




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          THESE stories possess the merit of not being true, nor are
          they necessarily founded on fact; they were written during
          three years’ service in China, and their conception served to
          more or less pleasantly while away many hours. If they afford
          the reader as many pleasant minutes, they will have well
          fulfilled their purpose. To those whose ideas of a Chinaman
          are gathered from the good-natured, doddering idiot as he is
          so often represented on the stage, he is here shown in a
          different form, however inadequate the portrayal may be.




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                                CONTENTS

                 TO EXPLAIN                                   1
              I. THE STORY OF FUNG WA CHUN                   19
             II. FENG SHUEY                                  51
            III. THE BACKSLIDING OF LAO                      79
             IV. THE PUNISHMENT OF HONG                     107
              V. BONE OF MY BONE                            129
             VI.