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Honda*.rnild Of W4lt« THRATIIV.Th* troupe «.f rhinrw etor* anil tiiueieian*. to «hcm »e have before alluded, atltl pxupy tble themtni, and I hair performance* aia nightly witiiM«ad by crowd. of tbaii admiring countrymen The intelligent foreigner, whoa* .nl a m frequently Inv k*d by new .paper writer*, ■night, by •tepping • f'* yard* from llt;on*dale »tre#i, fanev blmaelf In Canton : lb* audieure l« almo.t exrlu-■Ivelv rompotad n' tha long-tailed race. with a .light admixture aI t'.ngliah and lu.h icirU. «hiM fv# v« Inclination ha* ma*U them tha wivaa of the** children of the *un, and tbair du*ky.be*d eyed, half raata off-pring The mlratlali **ar a grave and anlarnn a* pec'. and though Vet) attentive to. do not *e*a vary mm b atl.oted by Iba word* and geituraa of the actor*. rh**e,ire»»cd in gorgeou* attire, apeak and declaim in a mount mm* recitative, to tb* acciuiiiaaiirieni of a band compoeed ol I lie otdeM poaaibla In.lrumrtif*. adoring tha mod hetcrn ge-ieou* nuiw*, Tbo mti.iciari* m in front of a acme reprnantlng the interior of a houa*, and thie i* navar • hanged throughout ihe evening Each playa on too or three cunou. inetramenla. aoma of wbirb' ra.ambla tha drum, other. tha lute or banjo, while a apaclea of trumpat or horn, with a note Ilka a bagpipe, W the moat In denial d. Tlie *lt;iuud* evoked era (liacoidant. bitarrv, and eingular In ilia mirem* Tha ai b.ni are emprrora, general*, queen*. ariJ great perannaga* of every description, but it ■* imtKMiible to inaka head or tail of iba plot, which wa were Informed by a Mongol prawn I who ep'ike tolerable KuglUb, bad reference to the infidelity of an •mpraaa of the (long dynaaty to hrr lord and ma-tar. would rec-inmand any ol out reader*anaiou* to learn aome’biug of the manner* and ru.toni* of tin* |ieeplp, wlm thmigh amungil u* are c-arulnly not of h. to pay a viail to tha I'rinra of tValee.
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Melbourne Bells Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Sat, Nov 23, 1861
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