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Canton
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Chief commercial city and port of Southern China; stands on a river almost on the seaboard, 90 m. NW. of Hong-Kong, and is a healthy town, but with a heavy rainfall; it is surrounded by walls, has narrow crooked streets, 125 temples, mostly Buddhist, and two pagodas, 10 and 13 centuries old respectively; great part of the population live in boats on the river; the fancy goods, silk, porcelain, ivory, and metal work are famous; its river communication with the interior has fostered an extensive commerce; exports, tea, silk, sugar, cassia, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Canton'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/canton.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Canton'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/canton.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
