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Yedo and Peking (1863)
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As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.
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One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.
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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
George Borrow
Robert Fortune
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September 16, 1812
Died:
April 13, 1880
(aged 67)
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