Chapter XIII: Architecture, Dress, and Diet of the Chinese, 724-781

Notions entertained by foreigners upon Chinese customs, 724;
Architecture of the Chinese, 726; Building materials and private
houses, 728; Their public and ornamental structures, 730;
Arrangement of country houses and gardens, 731; Chinese cities:
shops and streets, 736; Temples, club-houses, and taverns, 739;
Street scenes in Canton and Peking, 740; Pagodas, their origin
and construction, 744; Modes of travelling, 747; Various kinds
of boats, 749; Living on the water in China, 750; _Chop-boats_
and junks, 752; Bridges, ornamental and practical, 754; Honorary
Portals, or _Pai-lau_, 757; Construction of forts and batteries,
758; Permanence of fashion in Chinese dress, 759; Arrangement of
hair, the Queue, 761; Imperial and official costumes, 763; Dress
of Chinese women, 764; Compressed feet: origin and results of
the fashion, 766; Toilet practices of men and women, 770; Food
of the Chinese, mostly vegetable, 772; Kinds and preparation of
their meats, 776; Method of hatching and rearing ducks’ eggs,
778; Enormous consumption of fish, 779; The art of cooking in
China, 781.