The seeds resemble in size and taste those of the hazel; and the roots, when cooked, are said to taste like artichokes.
There are more than a hundred bonzes who reside in the temple of Honan.

In their ordinary dress, they differ nothing from the common Chinamen, the only means of recognising them being by their heads, which are _entirely_ shaved.

Neither these nor any other priests can boast, as I was told, of being in the least respected by the people.
Our second excursion was to the Half-way Pagoda, so called by the English from its lying half way between Canton and Whampoa.

We went up the Pearl stream to it.

It stands upon a small eminence near a village, in the midst of immense fields of rice, and is composed of nine stories, 170 feet high.