Later in Ming time, they spread their activities all over China and often monopolized the salt, silver, rice, cotton, silk or tea businesses.

In the eighteenth century, silver again continued to enter China, while silk and tea were exported.

This demand led to a strong rise in the prices of silk and tea, and benefited the merchants.

The Europeans concentrated especially on the purchase of silk and tea; but what could they import into China?

"Sha'n't I have the Presence in the buffet make you a cup of tea?

On July 4, 1862, there is a very important entry: "I made an expedition up the river to Godstow with the three Liddells; we had tea on the bank there, and did not reach Christ Church till half-past eight.

The further earnings of a year or two would supply window glass, table ware, coffee, tea and sugar, a stock of poultry, a few hogs and even perhaps a slave or two.

"You aren't" "Oh, I don't skate on waxed floors nor spill tea, nor clutch at my chauffeur in a tight place, but you know what I mean.

Nothing else was takenno tea, coffee, or indeed anything else save our bedding, guns and ammunition.

In this house we had, if not good beds, yet good tea, good bread, and wild strawberries, and were entertained with most free communications of opinion and history from our hosts.

We saw also the compass plant, and the western tea plant.

While tea was preparing a company of students came in and asked for a separate room.

About eight or nine in the morning they breakfast on tea and coffee, attended always with what they call relishes, such as salt fish, beef-steaks, sausages, broiled-fowls, ham, bacon, &c.

The manner of living I have been describing is that of people in moderate circumstances; but this taste for relishes with coffee and tea extends to all ranks of people in these states.

Soon after my arrival at this city, I went on a party of pleasure to a sort of tea-garden and tavern[Footnote: By the word tavern, in America, is meant an inn or public house of any description.

] ACT II SCENE.A handsome Apartment well lighted, Tea, Cards, &

245 7 weeks' full provision bags for 1 unit 12 2 days' provision bags for 1 unit 8 8 weeks' tea 31 6 weeks' extra butter 176 176 lbs.

Besides the flagstaff and black flag we have piled biscuit boxes, filled and empty, to act as reflectorssecured tea tins to the sledges, which are planted upright in the snow.

We covered 6 1/4 miles in direct line, then had some tea and marched another 8.

In order that political opinion may not be influenced by thoughts of the simpler bodily pleasures, no election meeting may be held in a building where any form of food or drink is habitually sold, although that building may be only a Co-operative Hall with facilities for making tea in an ante-room.

" Beau Brummell, the Prince of Dandies and the most insolent of men, was once asked by a lady if be would "take a cup of tea."

It was only an accident which led to the arrest of a well-known milliner whose afternoon-tea parties among her mannequins were attended by many Germans with business in Paris of a private character.

"Boston Tea Party shows American colonists to be hysterical and utterly incapable of self-government.

To think of tea!

I'll just see these two mistaken young fellers off the premises, and then we'll 'ave a cup o' tea while the old man minds the bar.