It consisted of a sitting-room and bed-room merely, but was very comfortably and elegantly fitted up.

The walls of the sitting-room were ornamented with carved wood-work, and the furniture was old-fashioned and pleasing: at the back of the apartment, which was flagged, stood a small altar.
We here saw an opium-eater, lying stretched out upon a mat on the floor.

At his side was a cup of tea, with some fruit and a little lamp, besides several pipes, with bowls that were smaller than a thimble.

On our entrance, he was just inhaling the intoxicating smoke from one of them.

It is said that some of the Chinese opium smokers consume from twenty to thirty grains a-day.