"seen before in any markets, chinese cloth cotton, thread & Chinese merchandise now on display. The long thin goods in modern sheaths were spread for sale. Some of the dried salt fish & salt in blocks, no common produce in the market. Some of the natives affected a soft turned down hat & minare size the sides of which were folded down almost like an open bonnet. The bright yellow robes & piest added much color to the market scene. All of the tribe people here chew the beetle nut, both m & f their mouths very stained dark red & their teeth black & they expectorate a blood-red fluid. The Chinese here smoked openly at the tea-shops in public & most of this race appeared to be addicted to the habit. The number of races here are at least half dozen. There are shans, chinese, Taulhops or