Among the articles which they displayed were some which were produced at a period nearly as remote as that of the deluge, and which, in truth, did not appear to be very dissimilar to those which they manufacture at the present day. "
中國是如此沉滯不動，他們的展示品中，有些東西大概是洪荒時代的產物（比如瓷器），說真的，比起他們今天的產品，實在看不出什麼差別。」