Download or read book Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 2 of 4 written by J. Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. 2 of 4: A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, With Letterpress Descriptive of the Places and People RepresentedHE bamboo is one of the most serviceable plants of Southern China, for which reason I have assigned it an important place in this work. But its uses are not confined solely to the south, where it grows in greatest perfection. It figures extensively in the social economy of the people throughout the length and breadth Of the Empire. Were every other means of support withdrawn, except bamboos and rice, these two plants would supply the necessaries for Clothing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.